Availability of prescription drugs for bipolar disorder at online pharmacies

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 193, Issue , 2016, Pages 59-65

  Monteith, Scott ^a   Glenn, Tasha ^b   Bauer, Rita ^c   Conell, Jörn ^c   Bauer, Michael ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ChronoRecord Association Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Internet; Online pharmacies; pharmacy

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; GENERIC DRUG; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; CONSUMER; DEPRESSION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMAN; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRESCRIPTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, ONLINE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953316131     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.12.043     Document Type: Article

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