Tag: abilify
Is Your Anxiety Drug Causing a Gambling Addiction?
Abilify is a powerful antipsychotic drug that is sometimes prescribed "off-label" for anxiety and insomnia. It also increases the risk of gambling addiction and uncontrollable urges to eat, shop, or have sex.
Abilify: The Drug Linked to Gambling Addiction
Abilify is an anti-psychotic medication that is made and sold by Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Bristol Myers Squibb. There are now around 200 lawsuits involving people who developed gambling addictions or uncontrollable urges to eat, shop, and have sex after taking...
Study Questions Using Abilify for Depression
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by people who became addicted to gambling as a result of taking the anti-psychotic medication Abilify (aripiprazole) for depression and other mood disorders.
Abilify Lawsuits for Gambling Addiction Centralized in MDL
The label on Abilify in Canada and Europe warned about uncontrollable urges to gamble and have sex as early as 2012 — but Americans were not warned until last year.
Master Complaint in Abilify MDL
Nearly 200 lawsuits involving people who became addicted to gambling and shopping while taking the mood-disorder drug Abilify (aripiprazole) are centralized in a Multi-District Litigation in Florida.
Gambling Addict Who Lost $10,000 Files Abilify Lawsuit
A woman who lost over $10,000 in a 4-month gambling spree while taking the medication Abilify has filed a lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb for failing to warn about the risk.
Abilify Lawsuit Filed Over Gambling & Shopping Addiction
A woman who became addicted to gambling and shopping after taking Abilify (aripiprazole) has filed a lawsuit against Bristol-Myer Squibb for downplaying the risk, joining nearly 200 other lawsuits nationwide.
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Pay $19.5 Million Over Improper Marketing of Abilify
Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay $19.5 million to resolve allegations that the company made misleading representations to promote its blockbuster antipsychotic drug Abilify (generic: aripiprazole).
Abilify Lawsuits Centralized in MDL
Lawsuits filed by people who took the anti-psychotic drug Abilify (aripiprazole) and became addicted to gambling have been consolidated under one judge in Florida.
Label on Abilify Updated With Gambling Addiction Warnings
The new label will warn that patients on Abilify may not realize compulsive behaviors are unusual. Doctors should specifically ask about any new or intense urges to gamble, shop, eat, or have sex.