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Did using street drugs give me bipolar disorder?
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health Expert...evidence to suggest that using street drugs can cause bipolar disorder in someone who would have... Read more »
Migraine Preventive Depakote - Generics Approved by FDA
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...approved for Migraine prevention, seizure disorders, and bipolar disorder. The generic... Read more »
Treating Bipolar Depression: Part III
By John McManamy , Health Expert...strongly recommends in its 2002 practice guideline for bipolar disorder. Because of the cycling... Read more »
Treating Bipolar Depression: Part I
By John McManamy , Health Expert...far the more prevalent and incapacitating form of bipolar disorder. According to Stanley... Read more »
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Migraine Preventives: Some To Carry New Suidicality Warning
...topiramate versus 0 (0 events/1430 patient years) on placebo. One completed suicide was reported in a bipolar disorder trial in a patient on topiramate." If any of these medications are... Read more »News Break: New Skin Patch for Treating Depression
...clinical trials have been conducted on bipolar patients, and the patch is not indicated for treating bipolar disorder. Psychiatrists sometimes use antidepressants, including MAOIs, off-label... Read more »Risk of Suicidal Thoughts Linked to Anticonvulsant Medications
...medications for Migraine and headache prevention. They're also used to treat some mental health disorders (bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety) as well as, of course, seizure disorders such... Read more »Bipolar Disorder: The Importance of Knowing Thyself
...metabolic risks of certain medications. The patients talked about how much weight they gained on Zyprexa or Depakote or some other drug. On and on it went, one source reinforcing and amplifying... Read more »Bipolar Medications
...Duralith, Lithobid, Lithizine, Eskalith, Lithane) is one of the standard mood stabilizing drugs for bipolar disorder. Lithium is extremely helpful for most patients and it significantly reduces... Read more »Images
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...disorders, certain psychiatric conditions (manic phase of bipolar disorder), and to prevent... Read more »
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October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved generic forms of the anti-seizure drug Depakote. Like its brandname equivalent, divalproex sodium... Read summary »
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October 03, 2008In a new study, the mood stabilizers Depakote and lithium significantly improved the symptoms of bipolar I disorder in children and teens ages seven... Read summary »
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