Dear Dr. SerVaas: Do you have any information about lamotrigine as a therapy for rapid-cycling bipolar disorder?Are there any bipolar disorder trials going on in which patients can enroll?
Martha Andrews
San Francisco, California
Dear Reader: Bipolar expert and researcher Dr. Charles Bowden has told us of the safe and effective use of lamotrigine in preventing mood swings in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder. Study results were published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Bipolar research is under way across the country. We are aiding Dr. John Nurnberger and his colleagues at Indiana University in unraveling the genetics of the mood disorder. For a copy of the Bipolar Illness Survey, visit our Web site at www.saturdayeveningpost.com or write to "Medical Mailbox." Interested readers can check our Web site for information about other studies that are enrolling patients with bipolar.
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