Aripiprazole - Bipolar disorder (adults)
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Status 1
- Oral solution
- Oro-dispersible tablets
- Tablets
Initiation by a Mental Health specialist and stabilisation for a minimum of 1 month before any request to transfer prescribing responsibility.
Oro-dispersible tablets are more cost effective than oral solution. Reserve oral solution for use in patients where the required dose is not available in an oro-dispersible form.
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PAD Profile
Committee Recommendations (2)
The Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System Area Prescribing Committee has agreed the length of prescribing of anti-psychotics by the specialist team at Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as:
Mental Health specialist initiation and prescribing for at least 1 month and until the patient is stabilised on treatment prior to transfer of care to primary care.
Where a stabilised patient requires a simple, non-complex and non-urgent dose adjustment, this can be managed in primary care on recommendation by the specialist team.
NOTE - the branded product, Abilify, was considered BLACK at the PCN in May 2017.
Other Indications
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