The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE929
August 19, 1994
Valproate for Bipolar Disorder
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Valproate for Bipolar Disorder
August 19, 1994 (Issue: 929)
Although lithium (Eskalith, and others) is the standard treatment for bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder, 20% to 40% of patients do not respond adequately or cannot tolerate its adverse effects (Medical Letter, 33:43, 1991). Results of recent...more
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