Antiepileptic Drugs Not Associated With Increased Risk of Suicide
Attempts in Patients With Bipolar Disorder
From PharmaLive News Archive - Dec 08, 2009
CHICAGO, Dec. 7, 2009--Despite government warnings about an increased
risk of suicidal thoughts and actions while taking antiepileptic
drugs, these medications do not appear to be associated with
increased risk of suicide attempts in individuals with bipolar
disorder, and may have a possible protective effect, according to a
report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one
of the JAMA/Archives journals
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