Publication details
Novinky v léčbě bipolární deprese
| Title in English | New treatment possibilities for bipolar depression |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Psychiatrie pro praxi |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Psychiatry, sexuology |
| Keywords | bipolar depression; the 2nd generation of antipsychotics; quetiapine; olanzapine |
| Description | At first general principles of treatment of bipolar disorder are summarized. Further the paper is dealing with the treatment of bipolar depression. In this indication the treatment with atypical antipsychotics is becoming a point of interest. Recently, two double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled studies in patients with bipolar depression comparing olanzapine and combination of olanzapine and fluoxetine with placebo and quetiapine with placebo were published. Quetiapine monotherapy at doses of 300 and 600 mg pro die demonstrated stapared with placebo from week 1 onward and was well tolerated. |
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