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Asenapine augmentation in bipolar disorders: a case series

Asenapine, a novel second‐generation antipsychotic is effective in acute treatment of bipolar I disorder patients in combination with mood stabilizers even in resistant cases. Although there is no evidence for asenapine's efficacy to be superior to currently available agents, asenapine's f...

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Autores principales: Marazziti, Donatella, Mucci, Federico, Baroni, Stefano, Piccinni, Armando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.526
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Sumario:Asenapine, a novel second‐generation antipsychotic is effective in acute treatment of bipolar I disorder patients in combination with mood stabilizers even in resistant cases. Although there is no evidence for asenapine's efficacy to be superior to currently available agents, asenapine's favorable weight and metabolic profile are of clinical interest.