Thread: On some spectrum of bp?
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Old Oct 25, 2012, 10:44 PM
Eliza Jane Eliza Jane is offline
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Originally Posted by Confusedinomicon View Post
Maybe off label, but on the label it is considered an anti-manic.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000531/

It's also considered a "Prophylaxis" for depression, meaning it's not used to treat depression itself, but to prevent future episodes of it.
Fair enough, but I don't want people to equate "off label" with "ineffective". It can be a great med for BP II and unipolar depression. I suspect that if it were currently patented by some pharmaceutical company they would be working hard to get it "on label".

EJ
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