Posted by Maxime on April 14, 2005, at 20:53:15
In reply to Re: Reduce Seizure Risk? » Maxime, posted by ed_uk on April 14, 2005, at 12:48:12
Hi Ed. It's not available in Canada though.
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Maxime
> Hi!
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> J Clin Psychiatry. 2005 Feb;66(2):195-8.
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> A preliminary open-label study of zonisamide treatment for bipolar depression in 10 patients.
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> Anand A, Bukhari L, Jennings SA, Lee C, Kamat M, Shekhar A, Nurnberger JI Jr, Lightfoot J.
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> Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN 46202, USA. aanand@iupui.edu
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> OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of zonisamide in the treatment of bipolar depression. METHOD: Ten patients with DSM-IV bipolar disorder, depressed phase, who had either not tolerated or not responded to previous treatments were given zonisamide in this add-on open-label study. Zonisamide treatment was started at 100 mg/day and increased by 100 mg every 2 weeks to a maximum of 300 mg/day in divided doses (b.i.d. or t.i.d.). Subjects underwent weekly visits at which they were administered the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D), Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), and Clinical Global Impressions scale (CGI). Every 2 weeks, subjects also underwent laboratory tests, a urine examination, and a verbal memory test. Outcome measures were analyzed with repeated-measures analysis of variance. RESULTS: Eight subjects completed all 8 weeks of the study. Two subjects completed more than 4 weeks of the study, and their data were analyzed using the last observation carried forward. Bipolar depression subjects had a significant reduction in HAM-D scores (p < .001) and in CGI-Improvement (CGI-I) scores (p < .001). Five of 8 subjects who completed all 8 weeks of the study had more than a 50% decrease in HAM-D scores and were rated much improved on the CGI-I at the end of 8 weeks of treatment. There was no significant drug effect on YMRS scores, weight, or verbal memory. CONCLUSION: Zonisamide may be a useful drug in the treatment of bipolar depression. Further controlled clinical trials are needed.
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> Ed xxxxxx
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