Gabapentin in Geriatric Mania

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-120

  Sethi, M Awais ^b   Mehta, Raghunath ^b   Devanand, D P ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; Gabapentin; Mania

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; BENAZEPRIL; BENZATROPINE; BISACODYL; BUSPIRONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS TRIAMTERENE; HYDROXYZINE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LISINOPRIL; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; POTASSIUM; RANITIDINE; RISPERIDONE; SUCRALFATE; TEMAZEPAM; THYROID HORMONE; VALPROIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANQUILIZER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MANIA; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED;

ACETIC ACIDS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0042343841     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703016002010     Document Type: Article

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