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 N Nervous system
2 N05 Psycholeptics
3 N05A Antipsychotics
4 N05AX 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
Aripiprazole

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  
ABILIFY Solution for injection European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC
ABILIFY Tablet European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

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