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Main Category: Bipolar Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 04 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT AstraZeneca announced the online publication of long-term SEROQUEL clinical ...

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Filed under: Health by author Lithium is generally the treatment of choice for bipolar disorder .

AstraZeneca announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SEROQUEL for the maintenance treatment of patients with bipolar I disorder, as adjunct to lithium or divalproex. via MediLexicon

“Expanding the clinical use of ABILIFY gives patients with Bipolar I Disorder a new treatment option”

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. have announced that the FDA has approved updated labeling for ABILIFY&reg as an adjunctive therapy to either lithium or valproate for the acute ... via Pharmaceutical Processing

“SEROQUEL is the only single agent to offer proven efficacy in both the manic and depressive episodes in bipolar disorder, and now has demonstrated proven efficacy as an adjunct treatment for the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder.”

WILMINGTON, Del., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AstraZeneca today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved SEROQUEL for the maintenance treatment of patients with bipolar I disorder, ... via BioSpace

LONDON : AstraZeneca PLC said Wednesday that U.S. regulators have approved its anti-psychotic drug Seroquel as a maintenance treatment for patients with bipolar I disorder. via International Herald Tribune

A Logan County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against the physician who treated her mother, claiming she failed to properly diagnose and treat her. via The West Virginia Record

“We are extremely pleased to receive expanded indications on the use of ABILIFY in these patient populations”

TOKYO & PRINCETON, N.J.-- --Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced that ABILIFY received expanded indications in Bipolar I Disorder and Schizophrenia. via BioSpace

“We are extremely pleased to receive expanded indications on the use of ABILIFY in these patient populations”

Abilify , a commonly-prescribed antipsychotic medication used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval yesterday for use within children for Bipolar I ... via Psych Central News

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Japanese partner Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. said Thursday federal regulators expanded approval for Abilify to aid with the treatment of bipolar disorder. via Canadian Business Magazine

BILL Armstrong needed a miracle. Without a kidney transplant, his beloved wife Norma was certainly going to die. via The Sun Online

“The combination of lithium overdose and (primadone) overdose in the petitioner, coupled with his hypothyroidism, only enhanced the effects of the overdose”

A Bedford man who was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for scheming millions of dollars from friends and neighbors is seeking to have his conviction thrown out, claiming he pleaded guilty to the ... via Nashua Telegraph

Before he forced his way into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and opened fire nearly two years ago, Naveed Haq contemplated suicide, struggled through classes at an Ivy League dental school and gulped ... via The Seattle Times

“Interviewed psychiatrists report that Seroquel can sometimes require twice-daily dosing for sustained efficacy”

The new report entitled Bipolar Disorder: Although Bipolar Mania Is a Crowded Market, Physicians Continue to Demand Better Treatment finds that surveyed psychiatrists indicate that they would prescribe ... via Rehab Management

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Naveed Haq was normally a peaceful man until 2005, when he was taken off a mood-stabilizing drug and prescribed two new medications, according to his lawyers. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Encephalon 42 arrives in style: The latest edition of the Encephalon psychology and neuroscience writing carnival has just arrived online, with this issue seemingly hosted by Paris Hilton. via Mind Hacks

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Actress Patty Duke spoke at the Old Bags Luncheon about her life before and after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. via PalmBeachDailyNews

“I'm nervous all the time. I can't taste or smell. I've lost so much weight.”

Laurie Arwine depends on notes scribbled on scraps of paper to remember things. Before she got sick, she prided herself on her memory. via The Asheville Citizen-Times