Kuo Joseph, Lin Shih-Ku
Department of Psychiatry, Camillians Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong, Yilan, Taiwan.
Taipei City Hospital and Psychiatric Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Case Rep Psychiatry. 2020 Feb 21;2020:2615748. doi: 10.1155/2020/2615748. eCollection 2020.
Extended-release injectable (ERI) aripiprazole is indicated for schizophrenia and maintenance monotherapy of bipolar I disorder. Clinical trials of aripiprazole failed to exhibit efficacy in the treatment of bipolar depression. It has been suggested that relatively high doses, rapid titration of dose, a high dropout rate, and a high placebo effect might be the reasons of its ineffectiveness. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old woman with bipolar depression who was successfully treated with ERI aripiprazole.
长效注射用阿立哌唑适用于精神分裂症及双相I型障碍的维持单药治疗。阿立哌唑的临床试验未能显示出其在双相抑郁治疗中的疗效。有人认为,相对高的剂量、快速的剂量滴定、高脱落率和高安慰剂效应可能是其无效的原因。在此,我们报告一例39岁双相抑郁女性患者,其接受长效注射用阿立哌唑治疗取得成功。