One of the funkier new antipsychotic medications to hit the market. Like the other atypical antipsychotics, it has activity at dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain. It is used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
A warning has gone out recently because of this drug's name. The '-azole' ending of this drug name makes this drug sound like it is one of the proton pump inhibitors (such as omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole) which are used in treating gastric ulcers. However, aripiprazole and these drugs are in an entirely different class of drugs altogether and confusing the two can lead to some really unnecesary side effects...