A pilot study of loading versus titration of valproate in the treatment of acute mania

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 341-345

  Oluboka, O J ^a,b   Bird, D C ^a   Kutcher, S ^a   Kusumakar, V ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b North Bay Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loading; Mania; Pharmacokinetics; Titration; Valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TITRIMETRY; TREMOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036789028     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2002.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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