In this case, mood-stabilizing medications that are more antidepressive than antimanic are prescribed, unwittingly defying the typical bipolar medication algorithm.

Fifth Solomon revealed he was clinically diagnosed with bipolar disorder and that he has started taking medication for it.

Abbreviated example of 5-year retrospective patient LCM TM depicting past episodes at 3 levels of severity, dysphoric mania, cycling, medications, and illness response to treatment, comorbidities ...

Intervention A pharmacist generated the inpatient medication chart to reflect the patient's regular medication, made a plan for medication perioperatively and prescribed venous thromboembolism (VTE) ...

Understanding the role of medication in managing bipolar disorder is a critical part of your treatment path.

All four medication safety assessment techniques—incident report review, chart review, direct observation, and trigger tool—have different strengths and weaknesses. Overlap between different ...

The first systematic review on the effects of bipolar medications on the gut microbiome has concluded that the health of the gut microbiome may predict a patient’s response to drug treatment.

A new review has examined how bipolar disorder medications interact with the gut microbiome, revealing important links between treatment response and gut microbial composition.

A new review, published in Microbiology, is the first to systematically review the potential effects of psychotropics (the drugs used to treat bipolar disorder) on the gut microbiome of treated ...