Cariprazine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Cariprazine is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Capsule
- Sold as
- Cariprazine Hydrochloride
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Yes
Every cariprazine product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Cariprazine Hydrochloride.
Cariprazine and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for cariprazine: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadAlthough amounts of cariprazine and its active metabolites in milk are relatively low, the metabolite half-lives are long. Two mothers taking cariprazine 4.5 mg daily reported lethargy and other side effects in their infant, possibly from metabolite accumulation in the infants’ bloodstreams. Cariprazine might decrease lactation. An alternate drug may be preferred, especially while nursing a newborn or preterm infant.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised May 15, 2026. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about cariprazine
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 193 reports naming cariprazine, and the FDA flagged 73% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- tremor15 reports
- extrapyramidal disorder12 reports
- akathisia11 reports
- hyperhidrosis10 reports
- suicidal ideation10 reports
- hyperprolactinaemia9 reports
- speech disorder9 reports
- confusional state8 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean cariprazine caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take cariprazine with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run cariprazine against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does cariprazine come in?
Across the brands we track, cariprazine is currently marketed as capsule, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic cariprazine?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic cariprazine product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Cariprazine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/cariprazine
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- “Cariprazine: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/cariprazine.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for cariprazine on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.