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.
Say you are charging that same $600 balance, but your limit is only $1,500. Then, you have a 40 percent utilization rate. If your issuer bumps the limit to $3,000, now your utilization rate has fallen to 20 percent and helps your credit score.This, of course, only works if you can resist the urge to spend more on your card with a bigger credit limit.iew your credit report for free at myBankrate. If your issuer finds that you have been using other credit cards and paying those bills on time, they may give you a credit-limit increase to entice you to use their card over others in your wallet.