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Adjunctive aripiprazole versus placebo for antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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- Pharmacological treatment strategies for antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Translational psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Brexpiprazole on Prolactin: An Analysis of Short- and Long-Term Studies in Schizophrenia.Journal of clinical psychopharmacologyPooled it
- Abnormally low prolactin levels in schizophrenia patients after switching to aripiprazole in a randomized trial: a biomarker for rebound in psychotic symptoms?BMC psychiatry · 2020Trial
- Adjunct Aripiprazole Reduces Prolactin and Prolactin-Related Adverse Effects in Premenopausal Women With Psychosis: Results From the DAAMSEL Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical psychopharmacology · 2018Trial
- Improvement in Antipsychotic-Related Sexual Dysfunction After Switching to Cariprazine: A Prospective Real-World Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Trends in Antipsychotic Polypharmacy and Potential Overtreatment with Antipsychotics: A Naturalistic Cohort Study of People in Long-term Care.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
- Adjunctive aripiprazole for amisulpride-induced hyperprolactinemia: a preliminary retrospective study showing no reversing effect.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Rational antipsychotic polypharmacy in psychotic and bipolar disorders: A focus on D2 receptor partial agonists.The mental health clinician · 2025Article
- Exploring the potential pharmacological mechanism of aripiprazole against hyperprolactinemia based on network pharmacology and molecular docking.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Treatment of antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Antipsychotic Use and Risk of Low-Energy Fractures in People With Schizophrenia: A Nationwide Nested Case-Control Study in Finland.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Co-prescription of aripiprazole on prolactin levels in long-term hospitalized chronic schizophrenic patients with co-morbid type 2 diabetes: A retrospective clinical study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The use of concurrent long-acting injectable antipsychotic therapy with paliperidone palmitate and aripiprazole monohydrate in a patient with schizophrenia.The mental health clinician · 2021Article
- Estrogens in schizophrenia: progress, current challenges and opportunities.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Is Adjunct Aripiprazole Effective in Treating Hyperprolactinemia Induced by Psychotropic Medication? A Narrative Review.CNS drugs · 2021Review
- Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Aripiprazole, Metformin, and Paeoniae-Glycyrrhiza Decoction for Antipsychotic-Induced Hyperprolactinemia: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Antipsychotic Polypharmacy.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2020Article
- Comparative Tolerability of Dopamine D2/3 Receptor Partial Agonists for Schizophrenia.CNS drugs · 2020Review
- Adjunctive aripiprazole for antipsychotic-related hyperprolactinaemia in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.General psychiatry · 2019Article
- TARC: Turkish aripiprazole consensus report- Aripiprazole use and switching from other antipsychotics to aripiprazole- consensus recommendations by a Turkish multidisciplinary panel.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the safety and efficacy of adjunctive aripiprazole versus placebo for antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia.
methodsPOPULATION: adult patients presenting with antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia diagnosed by prolactin level with or without prolactin-related symptoms.
interventionsadjunctive aripiprazole vs. adjunctive placebo. OUTCOME MEASURES: adverse events and efficacy of treatment. STUDIES: randomized controlled trials.
resultsFive randomized controlled trials with a total of 639 patients (326 adjunctive aripiprazole, 313 adjunctive placebo) met the inclusion criteria. Adjunctive aripiprazole was associated with a 79.11% (125/158) prolactin level normalization rate. Meta-analysis of insomnia, headache, sedation, psychiatric disorder, extrapyramidal symptom, dry mouth, and fatigue showed no significant differences in the adjunctive aripiprazole treatment group compared with the placebo group (risk difference (Mantel-Haenszel, random or fixed) -0.05 to 0.04 (95% confidence interval -0.13 to 0.16); I(2) =0% to 68%, P=0.20 to 0.70). However, sedation, insomnia, and headache were more frequent when the adjunctive aripiprazole dose was higher than 15 mg/day. Meta-analysis of the prolactin level normalization indicated adjunctive aripiprazole was superior to placebo (risk difference (Mantel-Haenszel, random) 0.76 (95% confidence interval 0.67 to 0.85); I(2) =43%, P<0.00001). The subgroup analysis confirmed that the subjects who received adjunctive aripiprazole 5 mg/day showed a degree of prolactin normalization similar to that of all participants. No significant differences between groups in discontinuation and improvements of psychiatric symptoms.
conclusionAdjunctive aripiprazole is both safe and effective as a reasonable choice treatment for patients with antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia. The appropriate dose of adjunctive aripiprazole may be 5 mg/day.
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