Why the study?
The study was conducted to report and discuss the emergence of aripiprazole-induced hypertension as a side effect in children and adolescents.
Does aripiprazole cause hypertension in pediatric patients with autism?
Does aripiprazole cause hypertension in pediatric patients with autism?
Aripiprazole may induce reversible hypertension as a side effect in children and adolescents.
Aripiprazole may be linked to reversible hypertension in pediatric autism; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Atypical antipsychotics in children and adolescents are widely used for aggression, emotional variability and psychosis treatment. Aripiprazole is also an atypical antipsychotic that increasingly used in children and adolescents with schizophrenia, autism and bipolar disorder. In this case report, a medically healthy patient with autism associated with behavioral problems is presented with the development of hypertension after the onset of aripiprazole and the return of blood pressure to normal levels after withdrawal of the drug. The purpose of this case study is to discuss and report the emergence of aripiprazole-induced hypertension as a side effect of drugs in children and adolescents.
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