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Hi everyone
I try to find something about the medicine Abilify and anxiety. I tried everything but I didn't find nothing. Can you help me ?


Thanks a lot

Google?

http://www.google.be/search?hl=en&q=Abilify+anxie...oogle+Search&meta=

VV

http://www.drugs.com/abilify.html
http://www.abilify.com/

Super Cookie, thanks a lot for your help ! I wil see what the doc says about it.


So my doctor was right and my friend was right too. So I am more confused than ever

I could see that Abilify creates anxiety in 20% of cases vs 17% with placebo. Someone with some knowledge in medicine can help me ? What does it mean ?
(on the http://bipolar.about.com/od/abilify/a/meds_abilify.htm ) 

It means that 20% of people will experience those side effects (it isn't only anxiety, there are more sideffects, see webpage)...

However, 20% may seem a lot, but in fact those very same side effects were also experienced by 17% of people who got a placebo (=a fake pill which does absolutly nothing) instead.

How can 17% of people get side effects if they didn't got any drugs administrated?... well, that's all in the head. This is what is called the placebo-effect. Give someone a fake pill and tell him it will cure his headache, and as if magic is involved here, the person's headache will be over... The mind is a powerfull thing ... Compare this to a mother who kisses on the achy of her child to make it all better and achy is gone...

So, all this means that Abilify will not really endorse real physical side effects and is therefor quite safe (only an increase of 3% of people had real side effects).

ok thanks Cookie This is clearer for me now.
I saw the web pages and I asked the laboratory, which has told me that we can't transpose a study like that in the general population.
However in France, Abilify is only for schizophrenia. They try to have an extension of homologation for mood troubles (source : the doctor of the laboratory, so it's a reliable source).