Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company market Abilify as an add-on treatment to other anti-depressants and as a treatment for other mental illnesses. But the blockbuster drug is also linked to serious side effects like suicidal thoughts, sexual dysfunction and compulsive gambling.
Use Less Credit. While you can lower your credit utilization by increasing your credit limit, you can also attack the other side of the issue. If you have 40 percent utilization due to a $1,000 balance and a $2,500 limit, spending or owing less on your credit card will have the same impact as raising your credit limit. Cutting your credit card balance back to $600 will reduce your utilization to 24 percent and may improve your score.
The lower your utilization rate for each card and combined, the better for your credit score. In fact, a study by FICO found that consumers with the highest credit scores (above 785) used, on average, only 7 percent of their available credit on credit cards. That means they charge only $350 on a credit card with a $5,000 credit limit. Or, just $1,400 on several credit cards with combined limits of $20,000.