Take a 3-minute break and test your skills! 1  Someone who pretends to be sick in order to avoid work is a: 2  port-hound Duke-of-the-nether-willies. 3  fabricationist malingerer.
For Patients. Abilify (aripiprazole) is a psychotropic drug (antipsychotic) that alters brain chemical activity used to treat schizophrenia, mania, depression, bipolar disorders, autistic disorder, and some irritable behavior disorders. Generic Abilify is not available in the U.S., but is available in other countries under the name aripiprazole.
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.