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My psychiatrist recently prescribed me with aripiprazole saline treatment, and aripiprazole 15mg medicine, I'm experiencing side effect restlessness, how many days it take this side effect to go away, please help
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Hi.. you may need medicine for the same. Usually it takes few days for the side effects to subside.
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The side effect is called Akathisia and needs to be treated immediately. Consult him again for remedial medication
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Dr. Arvind Vishwambhar Karad
Psychiatrist
12 yrs exp
Latur
It's said aripiprazole is the safest medicine. But restlessness is known side effects with it, will go off within some days after stoppage of medicine.
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Dr. Vishal Bhatt
Psychiatrist
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Initial 3-4:days , you may do one thing , take half medicine for 2 days then take full tablet then you will not feel subjective restlessness
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