Medications used to treat bipolar disorder

[David Baxter PhD]

Medications used to treat bipolar disorder

Once you’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, your doctor may prescribe a specific drug regimen to help you manage the condition. Every person is different, so your treatment will be tailored to your needs.

Below you’ll find a list of medications commonly prescribed for individuals coping with bipolar disorder.

• Abilify (Aripiprazole)
  
• Depakene (Divalproex)
  
• Eskalith (Lithium)
  
• Geodon (Ziprasidone)
  
• Lamictal (Lamotrigine)
  
• Mirapex
  
• Risperdal (Risperidone)
  
• Seroquel (Quetiapine)
  
• Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine)
  
• Tegretol (Carbamazepine)
  
• Zyprexa (Olanzapine)

 

[Halo]

Are some of the above medications also used to treat other conditions and not just bipolar disorder?

 

[foghlaim]

David , any chance those meds on the list could be linked to their relevant information ... a hyperlink i think i'm talking about.. like if i clicked on one if them i get whatever info is available on it??

 

[Halo]

Fog if you go to the top of the post by David and click on the title of the article then it will bring you to the original article which has links to all the meds listed.

 

[foghlaim]

ah!! .. thank you Nancy..


if i had a brain i'd be dangerous.. lol

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Are some of the above medications also used to treat other conditions and not just bipolar disorder?

Yes. Probably most of them.

David , any chance those meds on the list could be linked to their relevant information ... a hyperlink i think i'm talking about.. like if i clicked on one if them i get whatever info is available on it??

Links added.