Aripiprazole Oral Solution 1mg/ml

Abilify Maintena is an antipsychotic medicine that contains the active substance aripiprazole. It is used for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia in adults whose disease has already been stabilised with aripiprazole taken by mouth.

The exact way it works is not known but it attaches to receptors in the brain for two substances (neurotransmitters) called dopamine and serotonin, which are believed to play a role in schizophrenia. By attaching to these receptors, it is thought that aripiprazole helps normalize the activity of the brain, reducing psychotic symptoms and preventing them from returning.

Schizophrenia is a mental illness with a number of symptoms, including disorganised thinking and speech, hallucinations (hearing or seeing things that are not there), suspiciousness and delusions (false beliefs).