ATC Group: N05AX12 Aripiprazole

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of N05AX12 in the ATC hierarchy

Level
Code
Title
1
Nervous system
2
Psycholeptics
3
Antipsychotics
4
Other antipsychotics
5
N05AX12
Aripiprazole

Defined daily dose

The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.

Route
Amount
ORAL - Oral
15 mg
PAREN - Parenteral
15 mg
PAREN - Parenteral (depot)
13.2 mg

Active ingredients in N05AX12

Active Ingredient
Description

It has been proposed that aripiprazole’s efficacy in schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder is mediated through a combination of partial agonism at dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT1A receptors and antagonism of serotonin 5-HT2A receptors.

Related product monographs

Title
Information Source
Document Type
 
European Medicines Agency (EU)
Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)
European Medicines Agency (EU)
Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC)

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