Cariprazine Side Effects — Compared Across 5 Medical Sources

125 side effects

Side effect	Frequency	MedlinePlus	PubMed Central	Mayo Clinic	Drugs.com	GoodRx
Agitation	common	agitation	akathisia	nervousness	Agitation	Agitation
Aggressive behavior	—	aggressive behavior	—	—	abnormal behaviors	—
Akathisia	very common	—	akathisia	—	akathisia	—
Anxiety	common	anxiety	—	anxiety	anxiety	anxiety
Back pain	common	—	—	back pain	back pain	back pain
Bladder pain	uncommon	—	—	Bladder pain	bladder pain	—
Blistering	—	—	—	Blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin	blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin	—
Bloody stools	uncommon	—	—	bloody or cloudy urine	bloody or cloudy urine	—
Bloody urine	uncommon	—	—	bloody or cloudy urine	bloody or cloudy urine	—
Blurred vision	common	blurred vision	—	Blurred vision	blurred vision	Blurred vision
Bradycardia	uncommon	—	—	—	bradyarrhythmia	—
Constipation	very common	constipation	—	—	constipation	Constipation
Confusion	uncommon	confusion	—	confusion	confusion	confusion
Convulsions	uncommon	seizures	—	seizures	convulsions	seizures
Cough	common	—	—	cough	cough	—
Death	rare	death	—	—	—	death
Decreased appetite	very common	—	—	decreased appetite	decreased appetite	decreased appetite
Decreased consciousness	uncommon	decreased consciousness	—	loss of consciousness	loss of consciousness	—
Decreased urine output	uncommon	—	—	decreased urine output	decreased urine output	—
Delirium	uncommon	—	—	—	delirium	—
Depression	uncommon	new or worsening depression	—	—	depression	—
Diabetes	uncommon	hyperglycemia	diabetes	—	diabetes mellitus	Type 2 diabetes
Diarrhea	common	diarrhea	—	diarrhea	diarrhea	Diarrhea
Difficulty breathing	common	shortness of breath	—	trouble with breathing, speaking, or swallowing	difficulty breathing	trouble breathing
Difficulty having a bowel movement	very common	—	—	difficulty having a bowel movement	difficulty having a bowel movement	—
Difficulty speaking	rare	—	—	difficulty in speaking	difficulty in speaking	—
Difficulty swallowing	common	—	—	trouble with breathing, speaking, or swallowing	trouble with breathing, speaking, or swallowing	trouble swallowing
Dizziness	common	dizziness	—	dizziness	dizziness	Dizziness
Double vision	rare	—	—	double vision	double vision	—
Drowsiness	common	drowsiness	—	—	drowsiness	Drowsiness
Dry mouth	common	dry mouth	—	dry mouth	dry mouth	dry mouth
Dystonia	common	—	—	—	dystonia	—
Electrocardiogram QT prolonged	uncommon	—	—	—	electrocardiogram QT prolonged	—
Electrocardiogram T wave abnormal	uncommon	—	—	—	electrocardiogram T wave abnormal	—
Elevations in prolactin levels	—	—	elevations in prolactin levels	—	—	—
Extrapyramidal symptoms	very common	—	extrapyramidal adverse effects	—	extrapyramidal symptoms	—
Extreme hunger	—	extreme hunger	—	—	—	—
Extreme thirst	uncommon	extreme thirst	—	increased thirst	increased thirst	—
Extreme worry	—	extreme worry	—	—	—	—
Fainting	rare	fainting	—	—	fainting	fainting
Fast breathing	rare	fast breathing	—	—	fast breathing	—
Fast heartbeat	uncommon	—	—	fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse	fast heartbeat	—
Fatigue	common	—	—	—	fatigue	—
Fever	common	fever	—	fever	fever	high fever
Frequent urination	uncommon	frequent urination	—	frequent urge to urinate	frequent urination	—
Hiccups	uncommon	—	—	—	hiccups	—
High blood pressure	—	—	—	—	high blood pressure	—
High blood sugar	rare	—	—	—	high blood sugar	Raised blood glucose
High fever	rare	—	—	high fever	high fever	high fever
Hyperglycemia	common	hyperglycemia	—	—	hyperglycemia	—
Hypertension	common	—	—	—	hypertension	—
Hypoglycemia	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hypotension	uncommon	—	hypotension	—	hypotension	Low blood pressure
Increased appetite	common	increased appetite	—	—	increased appetite	Increased appetite
Increased blinking	common	—	—	increased blinking or spasms of the eyelid	increased blinking or spasms of the eyelid	—
Increased saliva	common	increased saliva	—	—	—	—
Increased sweating	rare	sweating	—	increased sweating	increased sweating	sweating
Indigestion	common	indigestion	—	indigestion	indigestion	indigestion
Infection	—	—	—	—	infection	—
Insomnia	very common	insomnia	insomnia	insomnia	insomnia	insomnia
Irregular heartbeat	uncommon	irregular heartbeat	—	fast, pounding, or irregular heartbeat or pulse	irregular heartbeat	—
Irritability	common	irritability	—	irritability	irritability	irritability
Itching	rare	itching	—	itching	itching	—
Joint pain	—	—	—	joint pain	joint pain	pain in arms or legs
Ketoacidosis	—	ketoacidosis	—	—	—	—
Libido decreased	uncommon	—	—	—	libido decreased/increased	—
Lightheadedness	common	lightheadedness	—	dizziness	lightheadedness	lightheadedness
Loss of ability to move	rare	loss of ability to move	—	inability to move the arms, legs, or facial muscles	inability to move the arms, legs, or facial muscles	—
Loss of balance control	common	—	—	loss of balance control	loss of balance control	—
Loss of bladder control	—	—	—	—	loss of bladder control	—
Low blood pressure	rare	—	hypotension	—	low blood pressure	Low blood pressure
Low white blood cells	—	—	—	—	low white blood cells	—
Metabolic issues	—	—	metabolic issues	—	—	—
Muscle aches	uncommon	muscle aches	—	muscle aches, pain, or cramps	muscle aches	pain in arms or legs
Muscle cramps	uncommon	—	—	muscle aches, pain, or cramps	—	—
Muscle spasms	rare	—	—	muscle spasms or stiffness	muscle spasms	—
Muscle stiffness	rare	muscle stiffness	—	muscle stiffness	muscle stiffness	—
Muscle trembling	common	muscle trembling, jerking, or stiffness	—	muscle trembling, jerking, or stiffness	muscle trembling, jerking, or stiffness	—
Muscle weakness	rare	muscle weakness	—	muscle weakness	muscle weakness	—
Nasopharyngitis	common	—	—	—	nasopharyngitis	—
Nausea	very common	nausea	nausea	nausea	nausea	Nausea
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome	rare	—	—	—	neuroleptic malignant syndrome	Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Nervousness	common	—	—	nervousness	—	—
Oropharyngeal pain	common	—	—	—	oropharyngeal pain	—
Overheating	rare	—	—	—	—	overheating
Pain in arms or legs	common	—	—	pain in the arms or legs	pain in arms or legs	pain in arms or legs
Panic attacks	—	panic attacks	—	—	—	—
Parkinsonism	very common	—	—	—	parkinsonism	—
Pounding in the ears	common	—	—	pounding in the ears	pounding in the ears	—
Pyrexia	common	—	—	—	pyrexia	—
Rash	common	rash	—	rash	rash	rash
Rhabdomyolysis	rare	—	—	—	rhabdomyolysis	—
Seizures	uncommon	seizures	—	seizures	seizures	seizures
Shaking	common	—	—	shaking	shaking	shaking
Shuffling walk	common	—	—	shuffling walk	shuffling walk	—
Sleep disorders	common	—	—	—	sleep disorders	—
Sleepiness	very common	—	—	sleepiness or unusual drowsiness	sleepiness	—
Somnolence	very common	—	somnolence	—	somnolence	—
Sore throat	uncommon	—	—	sore throat	sore throat	—
Stiffness of the limbs	common	—	—	stiffness of the limbs	stiffness of the limbs	—
Stomach pain	very common	—	—	stomach pain	stomach pain	Stomach pain
Stomach problems	common	—	—	—	—	Stomach problems
Stomach upset	rare	—	—	stomach upset	stomach upset	—
Stroke	rare	stroke	—	—	—	strokes
Suicidal behavior	uncommon	—	—	—	suicidal behavior	—
Suicidal ideation	uncommon	—	—	—	suicidal ideation	—
Suicidal thoughts	uncommon	suicidal thoughts	—	thoughts or attempts at killing oneself	suicidal thoughts	Suicidal thoughts
Sweating	rare	sweating	—	increased sweating	increased sweating	sweating
Tachycardia	common	—	—	—	tachycardia	—
Tardive dyskinesia	rare	—	—	—	tardive dyskinesia	Tardive dyskinesia
Thirst	uncommon	—	—	—	thirst	—
Thoughts of killing oneself	—	—	—	—	—	thoughts of killing oneself
Tiredness	common	tiredness	—	unusual tiredness or weakness	tiredness	—
Toothache	common	—	—	—	—	Toothache
Trouble controlling body temperature	rare	—	—	—	—	trouble controlling body temperature
Trouble sleeping	very common	—	—	trouble sleeping	—	trouble sleeping
Trouble swallowing	common	—	—	trouble with breathing, speaking, or swallowing	trouble with breathing, speaking, or swallowing	trouble swallowing
Twisting movements of the body	common	—	—	twisting movements of the body	twisting movements of the body	—
Uncontrolled chewing movements	—	—	—	uncontrolled chewing movements	uncontrolled chewing movements	—
Uncontrolled movements	common	—	—	uncontrolled movements, especially of the face, neck, arms, or legs	uncontrolled movements, especially of the face, neck, arms, or legs	uncontrollable muscle movements
Unusual facial expressions	common	—	—	unusual facial expressions	unusual facial expressions	—
Unusual tiredness	uncommon	—	—	unusual tiredness or weakness	—	—
Vomiting	very common	vomiting	vomiting	vomiting	vomiting	Vomiting
Weakness	uncommon	weakness	—	unusual tiredness or weakness	weakness	—
Weight gain	very common	weight gain	weight gain	weight gain	weight gain	Weight gain

4 additional sourcesdidn't return structured side-effect data: Accessdata.fda.gov, My.clevelandclinic.org, Vraylar.com, Synapse.patsnap.com.

Demographic risk groups

Group	Risk	Sources
older adults with dementia	increased chance of death	MedlinePlus, GoodRx
children, teenagers, and young adults	more likely to become suicidal	MedlinePlus
pregnant women	increased risk	MedlinePlus
patients with diabetes	increased risk	MedlinePlus
patients with low white blood cell count	increased risk	MedlinePlus
patients with heart disease	increased risk	MedlinePlus
pediatric population	potential benefits and risks	PubMed Central
adults	treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder	PubMed Central
people with hyperprolactinemia	treatment of diseases	PubMed Central
elderly patients	increased risk of death	Drugs.com
pediatric patients	increased risk of suicidal thoughts	Drugs.com
young adult patients	increased risk of suicidal thoughts	Drugs.com
newborn babies	unwanted effects	Drugs.com
diabetic patients	high blood sugar levels	Drugs.com
Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis	Increased mortality	Drugs.com
Older adults with dementia-related psychosis	Higher risk of stroke and death	GoodRx
younger than 25 years old	higher risk of suicidal thoughts	GoodRx