Simple English explanation with example
- Helps rebalance brain signals involved in mood and thinking
- Used with antidepressants or for schizophrenia
- Can support mood stability and clearer thinking
- Works by partly adjusting rather than fully blocking signals
- Like fine-tuning brain messengers instead of shutting them off
Scientific explanation
- Contains brexpiprazole, an atypical antipsychotic
- Acts as a partial agonist at dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT1A receptors
- Antagonises serotonin 5-HT2A receptors
- Modulates dopaminergic and serotonergic tone in psychiatric disorders
- Used in schizophrenia and adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder