The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1205
March 28, 2005
Extended-Release Carbamazepine (Equetro) for Bipolar Disorder
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Extended-Release Carbamazepine (Equetro) for Bipolar Disorder
March 28, 2005 (Issue: 1205)
An extended-release formulation of carbamazepine, available since 1997 for treatment of epilepsy, has now been approved under a new name, Equetro, for acute mania and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. Although the drug was effective in some...more
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