ARIPIPRAZOLE Aurovitas 5 mg Tablets

Introduction

Package Leaflet: Information for the User

Aripiprazole Aurovitas 5 mg Tablets EFG

Read the entire package leaflet carefully before starting to take this medication, as it contains important information for you.

• Keep this package leaflet, as you may need to read it again.
• If you have any questions, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
• This medication has been prescribed to you only, and you should not give it to others, even if they have the same symptoms as you, as it may harm them.
• If you experience side effects, consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse, even if they are not listed in this package leaflet. See section 4.

Contents of the Package Leaflet

1. What Aripiprazole Aurovitas is and what it is used for
2. What you need to know before taking Aripiprazole Aurovitas
3. How to take Aripiprazole Aurovitas
4. Possible side effects
5. Storage of Aripiprazole Aurovitas
6. Package Contents and Additional Information

1. What Aripiprazole Aurovitas is and what it is used for

Aripiprazole Aurovitas contains the active substance aripiprazole and belongs to a group of medications called antipsychotics. It is used to treat adults and adolescents aged 15 years or older who suffer from a disease characterized by symptoms such as hearing, seeing, and feeling things that do not exist, distrust, false beliefs, incoherent speech, and emotional and behavioral monotony. People in this state may also feel depressed, guilty, anxious, or tense.

Aripiprazole is used to treat adults and adolescents aged 13 years or older who suffer from a disorder characterized by symptoms such as feeling euphoric, having excessive energy, needing to sleep much less than usual, talking very quickly with a flight of ideas, and sometimes severe irritability. In adults, it also prevents this situation in patients who have responded to treatment with aripiprazole.

2. What you need to know before taking Aripiprazole Aurovitas

Do not takeAripiprazole Aurovitas

• If you are allergic to aripiprazole or any of the other components of this medication (listed in section 6).

Warnings and Precautions

Consult your doctor before starting to take Aripiprazole Aurovitas.

There have been reports of patients experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors during treatment with aripiprazole. Inform your doctor immediately if you have thoughts or feelings of harming yourself.

Before starting treatment with Aripiprazole Aurovitas, inform your doctor if you have:

• High blood sugar levels (characterized by symptoms such as excessive thirst, increased urine production, increased appetite, and feeling of weakness) or a family history of diabetes.
• Seizures, as your doctor may want to monitor you more closely.
• Irrregular and involuntary muscle movements, especially in the face.
• Cardiovascular diseases (heart and circulation diseases), family history of cardiovascular disease, stroke, or "mini" stroke, abnormal blood pressure.
• Blood clots or a family history of blood clots, as antipsychotics have been associated with the formation of blood clots.
• A history of gambling addiction.

Inform your doctor if you notice that you are gaining weight, developing unusual movements, experiencing drowsiness that interferes with your daily activities, having difficulty swallowing, or experiencing allergic symptoms.

If you are an elderly patient with dementia (loss of memory and other mental abilities), you or the person or caregiver who takes care of you should inform your doctor if you have ever had a stroke or "mini" stroke.

Talk to your doctor immediately if you have thoughts or feelings of harming yourself. There have been reports of patients experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors during treatment with aripiprazole.

Talk to your doctor immediately if you notice numbness or stiffness of the muscles with high fever, sweating, altered mental state, or a very fast or irregular heartbeat.

Inform your doctor if you, your family, or caregiver notice that you are developing impulses or urges to behave in an unusual way and cannot resist the impulse, instinct, or temptation to carry out certain activities that may harm you or others. This is called impulse control disorder and may include behaviors such as gambling addiction, excessive eating or spending, abnormally high sexual appetite, or concern about an increase in sexual thoughts and feelings.

Your doctor may need to adjust or suspend your dose.

Aripiprazole may cause drowsiness, decreased blood pressure when standing up, dizziness, and changes in your ability to move and balance, which can lead to falls. You should be cautious, especially if you are an elderly patient or have any weakness.

Children and Adolescents

Do not use this medication in children and adolescents under 13 years of age. It is not known if it is safe and effective in these patients.

Other Medications and Aripiprazole Aurovitas

Inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken, or may need to take any other medication, including those without a prescription.

Medications that lower blood pressure: aripiprazole may increase the effect of medications used to lower blood pressure. Make sure to inform your doctor if you use any medication to control blood pressure.

If you are using Aripiprazole Aurovitas with another medication, your doctor may need to change your dose of aripiprazole or the other medication. It is especially important to mention to your doctor the following:

• Medications to correct heart rhythm (such as quinidine, amiodarone, flecainide).
• Antidepressants or herbal remedies used to treat depression and anxiety (such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, venlafaxine, St. John's Wort).
• Antifungals (such as ketoconazole, itraconazole).
• Certain medications to treat HIV infection (such as efavirenz, nevirapine, protease inhibitors, e.g., indinavir, ritonavir).
• Anticonvulsants used to treat epilepsy (such as carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital).
• Certain antibiotics used to treat tuberculosis (rifabutin, rifampicin).

These medications may increase the risk of side effects or reduce the effect of aripiprazole; if you notice any unusual symptoms when taking any of these medications with aripiprazole, you should inform your doctor.

Medications that increase serotonin levels are commonly used in diseases that include depression, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and social phobia, as well as migraine and pain:

• triptans, tramadol, and tryptophan, used for diseases such as depression, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and social phobia, as well as migraine and pain;
• selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (such as paroxetine and fluoxetine), used for depression, OCD, panic, and anxiety;
• other antidepressants (such as venlafaxine and tryptophan) used in severe depression;
• tricyclic antidepressants (such as clomipramine and amitriptyline), used in depressive diseases;
• St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) used in herbal remedies for mild depression;
• analgesics (such as tramadol and pethidine) used to relieve pain;
• triptans (such as sumatriptan and zolmitriptan) used to treat migraine.

These medications may increase the risk of side effects; if you notice any unusual symptoms when using any of these medications with Aripiprazole Aurovitas, you should inform your doctor.

Taking Aripiprazole Aurovitas with Food, Drinks, and Alcohol

Aripiprazole Aurovitas can be taken independently of meals.

Consumption of alcohol should be avoided while taking aripiprazole.

Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Fertility

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, think you may be pregnant, or plan to become pregnant, consult your doctor or pharmacist before using this medication.

The following symptoms may occur in newborns of mothers who have used Aripiprazole Aurovitas in the last trimester (last three months of pregnancy): tremors, stiffness, and/or muscle weakness, drowsiness, agitation, respiratory problems, and difficulty feeding. If your baby has any of these symptoms, contact your doctor.

If you are taking Aripiprazole Aurovitas, your doctor will discuss with you whether you should breastfeed your baby, considering the benefit to you of your treatment and the benefit to your baby of breastfeeding. You should not do both. Talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby if you are taking this medication.

Driving and Using Machines

During treatment with this medication, dizziness and vision problems (see section 4) may occur. This should be taken into account when maximum attention is required, for example, when driving or operating machinery.

Aripiprazole Aurovitas Contains Lactose

This medication contains lactose. If your doctor has told you that you have an intolerance to certain sugars, consult with them before taking this medication.

3. How to Take Aripiprazole Aurovitas

Follow the administration instructions of this medication exactly as indicated by your doctor. If in doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist again.

The recommended dose for adults is 15 mg once a day.However, your doctor may prescribe lower or higher doses up to a maximum of 30 mg once a day.

Use in Children and Adolescents

This medication should be started with the oral solution (liquid) at a low dose. The dose can be gradually increased to the recommended dose for adolescents of 10 mg once a day. However, your doctor may prescribe lower or higher doses up to a maximum of 30 mg once a day.

If you think the effect of aripiprazole is too strong or too weak, inform your doctor or pharmacist.

Try to take your Aripiprazole Aurovitas tablet at the same time every day. It does not matter if you take it with or without food. Always take the tablets with water and swallow them whole.

Even if you feel better, do not change or interrupt the daily dose of aripiprazole without consulting your doctor first.

If you take more Aripiprazole Aurovitas than you should

In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, consult your doctor or pharmacist immediately or call the Toxicology Information Service, phone: 91 562 04 20, indicating the medication and the amount taken. It is recommended to take the package and package leaflet of the medication to the healthcare professional.

Patients who have taken too much aripiprazole have experienced the following symptoms:

• rapid heartbeat, agitation/aggression, language problems;
• unusual movements (especially of the face or tongue) and decreased level of consciousness.

Other symptoms may include:

• acute confusion, seizures (epilepsy), coma, a combination of fever, rapid breathing, sweating;
• muscle stiffness and drowsiness, slower breathing, choking, high or low blood pressure, abnormal heart rhythms.

Contact your doctor or the nearest hospital immediately if you experience any of the above symptoms.

If you forget to take Aripiprazole Aurovitas

If you forget a dose, take the forgotten dose as soon as you remember, but do not take a double dose to make up for the forgotten dose.

If you interrupt treatment with Aripiprazole Aurovitas

Do not stop your treatment just because you feel better. It is important that you continue taking Aripiprazole Aurovitas tablets for the time your doctor has indicated.

If you have any other questions about the use of this medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. Possible Adverse Effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause adverse effects, although not all people suffer from them.

Frequent Adverse Effects(may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

• diabetes mellitus,
• sleeping problems,
• anxiety,
• feeling of restlessness and inability to stay still, difficulty staying seated,
• twisting, contorting, or spasmodic uncontrollable movements, restless legs,
• tremor,
• headache,
• fatigue,
• drowsiness,
• dizziness,
• shivering and blurred vision,
• difficulty evacuating or decreased frequency of bowel movements (constipation),
• indigestion,
• nausea,
• increased saliva production,
• vomiting,
• feeling of fatigue.

Uncommon Adverse Effects(may affect up to 1 in 100 people):

• increase or decrease in prolactin hormone levels in the blood,
• excessively high blood sugar levels,
• depression,
• altered or increased sexual interest,
• uncontrollable movements of the mouth, tongue, and limbs (tardive dyskinesia),
• muscle disorder causing twisting movements (dystonia),
• double vision, ocular photosensitivity,
• rapid heartbeat,
• drop in blood pressure when standing up, causing dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting,
• hypo.

The following adverse effects have been reported during the post-marketing phase oforal aripiprazole,but the frequency of occurrence is unknown:

Unknown frequency: cannot be estimated from available data

• low white blood cell count,
• low platelet count,
• allergic reaction (e.g., swelling in the mouth, tongue, face, and throat, itching, and redness),
• onset or worsening of diabetes, ketoacidosis (ketones in blood and urine), or coma,
• high blood sugar,
• insufficient sodium levels in the blood,
• loss of appetite (anorexia),
• weight loss,
• weight gain,
• suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, and suicide,
• aggression,
• agitation,
• nervousness,
• combination of fever, muscle stiffness, rapid breathing, sweating, decreased consciousness, and sudden changes in blood pressure and heart rate; fainting (neuroleptic malignant syndrome),
• seizures,
• serotonin syndrome (a reaction that can cause feelings of intense happiness, drowsiness, clumsiness, restlessness, feeling drunk, fever, sweating, or muscle stiffness),
• speech disorder,
• fixation of the eyeballs in a position,
• sudden unexplained death,
• potentially fatal irregular heartbeat,
• heart attack,
• slower heartbeat,
• blood clots in the veins, especially in the legs (symptoms include swelling, pain, and redness of the leg), which can travel through the bloodstream to the lungs, causing chest pain and difficulty breathing (if you notice any of these symptoms, seek medical attention immediately),
• high blood pressure,
• fainting,
• accidental inhalation of food with risk of pneumonia (lung infection),
• spasms of the muscles around the glottis (a part of the larynx),
• pancreatitis,
• difficulty swallowing,
• abdominal discomfort,
• stomach upset,
• liver failure,
• liver inflammation,
• yellowing of the skin and the white part of the eyes,
• abnormal liver values in tests,
• skin rash,
• photosensitivity,
• hair loss,
• excessive sweating,
• abnormal muscle breakdown that can cause kidney problems,
• muscle pain,
• stiffness,
• involuntary loss of urine (incontinence),
• difficulty urinating,
• withdrawal symptoms in newborns due to exposure to drugs during pregnancy,
• prolonged and/or painful erection,
• difficulty controlling body temperature or overheating,
• chest pain,
• swollen hands, ankles, or feet,
• in blood tests: increased or fluctuating blood sugar levels, increased hemoglobin A1c,
• inability to resist the impulse, instinct, or temptation to perform an action that may be harmful to yourself or others, which may include:

• strong impulse to gamble excessively despite serious personal or family consequences;
• altered or increased sexual interest and worrying behavior for yourself or others, for example, increased sexual appetite;
• uncontrollable excessive shopping;
• binge eating (consuming large amounts of food in a short period) or compulsive eating (consuming more food than normal and more than needed to satisfy hunger);
• tendency to wander.

Inform your doctor if you experience any of these behaviors; he will explain how to manage or reduce the symptoms.

In elderly patients with dementia, a higher number of fatal cases have been reported while taking aripiprazole. Additionally, cases of stroke or "mini" stroke have been reported.

Other Adverse Effects in Children and Adolescents

Adolescents aged 13 and older experienced adverse effects similar in frequency and type to those of adults, except for drowsiness, spasms, or uncontrollable contractions, restlessness, and fatigue, which were very frequent (affecting more than 1 in 10 patients), and upper abdominal pain, dry mouth, increased heart rate, weight gain, increased appetite, muscle fasciculations, involuntary limb movements, and dizziness, especially when standing up after being seated or lying down, which were frequent (affecting more than 1 in 100 patients).

Reporting Adverse Effects

If you experience any type of adverse effect, consult your doctor or pharmacist, even if it is a possible adverse effect that does not appear in this prospectus. You can also report them directly through the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System for Human Use Medicines: www.notificaRAM.es. By reporting adverse effects, you can contribute to providing more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. Storage of Aripiprazol Aurovitas

Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of children.

Do not use this medicine after the expiration date shown on the carton after CAD. The expiration date is the last day of the month indicated.

No special storage conditions are required.

Medicines should not be thrown away through wastewater or household waste. Deposit the packaging and medicines you no longer need at the SIGRE Point in the pharmacy. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of the packaging and medicines you no longer need. This way, you will help protect the environment.

6. Package Contents and Additional Information

Composition ofAripiprazol Aurovitas

• The active ingredient is aripiprazole. Each tablet contains 5 mg of aripiprazole.
• The other ingredients are: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, cornstarch, carmine indigo (E132), hydroxypropylcellulose, colloidal anhydrous silica, magnesium stearate.

Appearance of the Product and Package Contents

Uncoated blue rectangular tablet with the mark "62" on one side and "H" on the other. The size is 8 mm × 4.5 mm.

Aripiprazol Aurovitas is available in blister packs of Polyamide/Aluminum/PVC/Aluminum foil.

Package sizes: 14 and 28 tablets.

Only some package sizes may be marketed.

Marketing Authorization Holder and Manufacturer

Marketing Authorization Holder:

Aurovitas Spain, S.A.U.

Avda. de Burgos, 16-D

28036 Madrid

Spain

Manufacturer:

APL Swift Services (Malta) Limited

HF26, Hal Far Industrial Estate, Hal Far

Birzebbugia, BBG 3000

Malta

This medicine is authorized in the member states of the European Economic Area under the following names:

Date of the last revision of this prospectus:December 2022

Detailed information about this medicine is available on the website of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) (http://www.aemps.gob.es/)