Aristada User Reviews & Ratings

• Mei...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• August 23, 2024

For Schizophrenia "I had my first case of auditory and visual hallucinations when I was 26 and wasn't sure what I was experiencing. It quickly went downhill from there when the hallucinations would interfere with my ability to sleep, creating a spiraling cycle for me. I was finally hospitalized and given Aristada Initio and Aristada Lauroxil in the hospital. I get one 882 mg injection monthly, it does taper in effectiveness after a two-week period. I then supplement during that two-week period with 10 mg of Abilify oral medicine daily. Abilify and Aristada gave me back my common sense and my pride and keep my schizophrenia symptoms at bay. I would not be stable without this medicine."

• Chr...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 29, 2019

For Schizophrenia "My daughter was diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression almost 2 years ago. They started her off on Abilify Maintena 300 mg, which helped her a lot, but it made her restless and didn’t stop the voices, and she still had trouble thinking clearly because she was always tired but wired on it and had trouble sleeping properly. She was given a sample of Aristada one month, and it was like a miracle, I felt like I had my happy daughter back. Then the NP gave her too high a dose, too soon, and she struggled with suicidal thinking and feeling terrible for 4-6 weeks. That was terrible, but once we got her on the 441 mg dose, she did really well. She is able to think more clearly on Aristada and sleep better, which helps her voices to be not noticeable (better than when on the Maintena). She is constantly a bit nauseous, which may or may not be a side effect. Aristada has a copay assistance program that helps cost to be reasonable."

• Dai...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 18, 2019

For Schizophrenia "Successful on Abilify Maintena 300 mg for 5 years, except flat affect, anxiety, and inhibition. Switched to Aristada, hoping to help negative symptoms. First month thought it was a miracle drug... was able to smile, feel more emotion, go to the gym daily (on Abilify, I felt fear going alone). Started feeling agitated slowly, then psychosis started on/off, then full inpatient hospitalization for 2 weeks. Returning to Abilify. Why won’t NIMH reinvest in improved research? Find what was helping in Aristada and remove what wasn’t! I felt so close to feeling normal, but psychosis can take my life away!!!"

• Mar...
• May 21, 2022

For Schizophrenia "They gave my son a shot of Aristada 882, went manic all night screaming like he was on fire. Every day after got worse, they had to give him Perseris to try to counteract the damage from Aristada. If you love someone or yourself, stay away from this horrible drug, poor garbage, poison."

• Liz...
• April 30, 2021

For Schizophrenia "I was coerced into taking an injection of Aristada at a psych ward. They don't tend to tell you it takes around nine months to get this drug out of your system after one single injection. The half-life (the amount of time it takes for half of the original dose of the drug to decrease by half) is around 57 days for Aristada. For Abilify Maintena, which is a different injectable of aripiprazole, the half-lives for the 300 mg and 400 mg dosages are about 30 and 46 days, respectively. So, if you happen to experience terrible side effects on the injection, such as extreme akathisia, muscle damage indicators on a blood test, extreme hunger 24/7, rapid weight gain, and depression, don't expect the effects of this injection to just magically disappear after a no-show to a scheduled injection. They will continue to drag out and be overwhelming, only decreasing in intensity slowly, slowly. Nightmare."

• Jan...
• September 11, 2021

For Schizophrenia "I have used Aristada 441 mg now for two years. It has helped with voices and hallucinations. I don’t hear them or see them anymore. I did experience weight gain and hand tremors. I get injected once a month."

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 6, 2021

For Schizophrenia "I'm stressing out about this, and my next dose is due next week. I still don't think I have schizophrenia. This medication keeps making me gain weight. Every two months I get the 1064 mgs and gain 30 pounds right afterward. It's also lowered my white blood cell count and all the vitamins. I don't know if the risks are worth the benefits, and I don't know what the benefit is because I still don't think I have schizophrenia. I would rather smoke weed and take herbal supplements. Like, is the health decline worth the mental exhaustion? Abilify makes you feel high. I'm thinking of switching to Wellbutrin."

• Kel...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 20, 2021

For Schizophrenia "In my experience with this, it is more of a harm than a help. The side effects alone were worse than the initial schizophrenia/depression, an inability to mentally function in a healthy way. I strongly advise anybody who has been taking or is about to take any injectable Aristada to consider other options. Your physical health is compromised in a way that I have never felt off of any other kind of antidepressant, mood stabilizer, or schizophrenia medication. They never should have approved it. The first month, I thought it was a godsend, now here I am, seven months later, and my involuntary muscle movements in my legs, continuous leg shaking, and jumping. It also made the suicidal thoughts worse."

• Car...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 2, 2019

For Schizophrenia "My eyelids have started to twitch periodically. I haven't figured that one out yet. I have more physical health symptoms than mental health symptoms on this Aristada Indicio injection. I take 2.4 mL every 8 weeks. I still feel like this is too much! Plus, the cost is over $2000 a month. I want Abilify back. This drug has way too many side effects that lead to the effect on a short life expectancy."

• Lau...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 28, 2023

For Schizophrenia "I have schizoaffective disorder and so far it's helping with my symptoms. The odd thing is I feel high all the time. I don't know when or if that will go away, but I'm afraid to drive now because of that. Also, constipation, dizziness, and nausea."

• Ano...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 24, 2022

For Schizophrenia "I receive Aristada injection every other month. It's 1064 mg. I just read the side effects of this injection, and the reviews are all negative. I have nothing positive to say about this injection, it hurts worse than a tetanus shot, it makes me sleep for days afterwards, and it feels like someone hit me with a baseball bat where I get the shot. I'm not going to take this injection anymore, but I'm going to talk to my doctor about another medicine."

• Bry...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 11, 2022

For Schizophrenia "Whatever it is, is the greatest thing in the world, unlike Invega Sustenna, which is the worst thing in the world. It also helps my poker game a ton. The drug stops the energy somehow."

• Joe...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 11, 2022

For Schizophrenia "It lasted way too long, longer than two months for the 1064 mg. Side effects: dizziness and constipation. Depression."

• Mar...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 17, 2024

"I have no problems with Aristada. I have been on it for approximately 7-8 years. I believe it is time to titrate down and eventually off this medication. Time will tell."

• eri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 11, 2020

For Schizophrenia "I have schizoaffective disorder, and THC makes me hallucinate. I heard CBD doesn't do that, so I really want to try this. Do I have to have a card or something?"

• Sop...
• December 14, 2022

For Schizophrenia "This is the worst medication I’ve ever used. It makes me more manic than anything. I think I have PMDD over bipolar and don’t ever take this injection."

• Sha...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 22, 2019

"I hate this injection!!! I was on Seroquel 300 mg and would like to go back. I'm restless and just lost for words. Aristada is the worst for my bipolar."