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Provigil for Bipolar Depression

Posted on September 25, 2007

Bipolar depression refers to someone who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but is the midst of a depressive episode (one-half of what defines bipolar disorder). While a type of medication call a mood stabilizer helps people when they are feeling manic, antidepressants the typical treatment for depression don t seem to work as well in people with bipolar disorder (Sachs 2007). So a bunch of researchers conducted a study last month to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding the drug modafinil (Provigil) to the treatment of people with bipolar depression, which is often...

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