Posted by seldomseen on December 9, 2007, at 19:04:49
In reply to check out this lamotrigine blurb, posted by linkadge on December 8, 2007, at 16:27:27
I think the author is correct in saying that lithium is still the gold standard in bipolar disorder treatment.
However, do a pubmed search on lamotrigine and there are several studies that indicate it is an effective drug. Of course there are several studies that say it isn't better than lithium or jsut plain didn't work at all (a lot of it depends on what outcome was measured).
Personally speaking however, my mom wouldn't take lithium, but decided lamictal was okay (after she became convinced that she probably wouldn't get a fatal rash) and improved markedly.
I would add one final thing. No study, no matter how well designed, how big, or how long lasting can ever say what a particular drug will do in a particular patient. They can only determine the likelihood of an event occurring. It's a numbers game.
Seldom
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