Efficacy and safety of lithium and lamotrigine for the maintenance treatment of clinically stable patients with bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trials with an enrichment design

• Main Authors: Kazuto Oya (Author), Kenji Sakuma (Author), Satoru Esumi (Author), Yasuhiko Hashimoto (Author), Masakazu Hatano (Author), Yuki Matsuda (Author), Yuki Matsui (Author), Nobumi Miyake (Author), Ikuo Nomura (Author), Makoto Okuya (Author), Nakao Iwata (Author), Masaki Kato (Author), Ryota Hashimoto (Author), Kazuo Mishima (Author), Norio Watanabe (Author), Taro Kishi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Aim Whether patients with adult bipolar disorder (BD) who have been clinically stabilized with lithium or lamotrigine should continue this medication is not established fully. This systematic review and meta‐analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of lithium and lamotrigine for maintenan...