Naslov
Antimanic agents : a pharmacoepidemiologic study

Autori
Makarić, Gordan ; Folnegović-Šmalc, Vera ; Mimica, Ninoslav ; Rušinović, Margita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of teh 37th International Neuropsychiatric Gerald Grinschgl Symposium ; u: Neurologia Croatica 46 (1997) (S1) / - Zagreb, 1997, 46-46

Skup
International Neuropsychiatric Gerald Grinschgl Symposium (37 ; 1997)

Mjesto i datum
Pula, Hrvatska, 28.05.1997. - 01.06.1997

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Sažetak
In the treatment of bipolar affective disorders many agents have been used. An epidemiologic descriptive analysis of the drug treatment in patients with bipolar affective disorders often includes lithium, carbamazepine or valproate. These agents have shown to be effective in the acute or maintenance treatment of mania in numerous clinical trials and have become almost the standard treatment. The goal of our study is to show differences between these agents in the maintenance treatment of 123 follow up patients with a bipolar affective disorder. 72% of the patients received lithium, 25% received carbamazepine and 3% valproate. Statistically significant differences were found in lithium and it must be underlined that the therapeutic range of carbamazepine is wider and tolerance is better in many patients. These differences may also have an impact on compliance and cost savings could be associated with the treatment with these agents.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

Napomena
Časopis indeksiran u: Neuroscience Citation Index, Bowker International Series Data Base.

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