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Few selection factors for choice of a mood stabilizer
03/29/05
Few selection factors for choice of a mood stabilizer
08:01:49 pm, Categories: Mood stabilizers Lithium may be selected as the mood stabilizer for suicidal bipolar patients and for patients with steroid-induced mania. Carbamazepine may be preferred in patients with comorbid pain syndromes. Gabapentin may be chosen for patients with parkinsonian symptoms and topiramate for those with bulimia.
Ref: - Post, R.M., Frye, M.A., Denicoff, K.D., Speer, A.M., et al. (2001). Preliminary algorithms for treatment-resistant bipolar depression. In: Treatment-resistant mood disorders, (Eds.) Amsterdam, J.D., Hornig, M. & Nierenberg, A.A. pp 350 – 404, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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