Does folic acid interfere with lamotrigine?

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 704-705

  Mischoulon, David ^a   Zajecka, John ^b   Freeman, Marlene P ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; QUETIAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); BIPOLAR DISORDER;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LAMOTRIGINE; QUETIAPINE FUMARATE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84995639951     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30167-5     Document Type: Letter

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