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. 2009 Apr;51(2):137-8.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.49455.

Memantine in the management of a clinically challenging case of bipolar disorder

Vivek Agarwal  1 , Adarsh Tripathi
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Memantine in the management of a clinically challenging case of bipolar disorder

Vivek Agarwal et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 2009 Apr.

Abstract

Use of memantine in bipolar disorders is not been studied except one case report. We report a case in which use of memantine lead to better medication tolerance and improvement in symptoms in bipolar disorder.

Keywords: Bipolar disorder; memantine; treatment intolerance; treatment resistant.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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