We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Prophylactic treatment of bipolar disorder in pregnancy and breastfeeding: focus on emerging mood stabilizers.
- Authors
Gentile, Salvatore
- Abstract
Bipolar disorders are reported to have a high incidence during childbearing years and the need may arise to start or continue a pharmacological treatment during pregnancy and the postpartum period. In the last few years several investigations have evaluated the efficacy of emerging mood-stabilizing agents in the treatment of bipolar disorders, such as lamotrigine, olanzapine, risperidone, quetiapine, aripiprazole and ziprasidone. A number of studies, which examined the use of oxcarbazepine, point to its potential usefulness in prophylactic treatment. The aim of this review is to compare information from the literature on the safety of lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine to the safety data on classic mood stabilizers during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
- Publication
Bipolar disorders, 2006, Vol 8, Issue 3, p207
- ISSN
1398-5647
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1399-5618.2006.00295.x