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Mood stabilizers: updateAhmed el-Aghoury
Specialist psychiatrist at Abbassia HospitalEgyptian & Arab Board certified
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WHAT IS A M
OOD STABILIZER? Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Class A
Class B
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Mood Stabilizers: The “2 × 2” DefinitionBauer M: Mood Disorders: Bipolar (Manic–Depressive) Disorders. In: Tasman A, et al (eds): Psychiatry, 3rd ed, 2008. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Mania DepressionAcute Lithium
ECTCarbamazepineDivalproexChlorpromazineHaloperidol RisperidoneOlanzapineQuetiapineZiprasidoneAripiprazoleClonazepamVerapamilClonidine
LithiumECTOlanzapineQuetiapineValproateLamotrigine (practical difficulty)
Maitenance(Prophylaxis)
LithiumECTCarbamazepineValproateLamotrigineOlanzapineAripiprazoleNimodipine
LithiumECTLamotrigineOlanzapineQuetiapine
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Redefining Mood Stabilizers: Partial Mood Stabilizers (PMS)
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Muzina D, et al: Mood Stabilizers. In: Tasman A, et al (eds): Psychiatry, 3rd ed, 2008. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Approved Medications in the US for Bipolar DisorderMuzina D, et al: Mood Stabilizers. In: Tasman A, et al (eds): Psychiatry, 3rd ed, 2008. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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WPA Report, 2012 Lithium, first and second generation antipsychotics and valproate
and carbamazepine are efficacious in the treatment of acute mania. Quetiapine and the olanzapine-fluoxetine combination are
efficacious for treating bipolar depression The combination with best data in acute bipolar depression is
lithium plus lamotrigine. Lamotrigine is efficacious in the prevention of depression, and it
remains to be clarified whether it is also efficacious for mania. Antidepressants should only be used in combination with an
antimanic agent, because they can induce switching to mania / hypomania / mixed states/rapid cycling when utilized as monotherapy.
Lithium, olanzapine, quetiapine and aripiprazole are efficacious during the maintenance phase.
Electroconvulsive therapy is an option for refractory patients.
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Fountoulakis KN, et al: Efficacy of pharmacotherapy in bipolar disorder: a report by the WPA section on pharmacopsychiatry. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012 Jun;262 Suppl 1:1-48. PubMed PMID: 22622948.
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Combination strategiesBauer M: Mood Disorders: Bipolar (Manic–Depressive) Disorders. In: Tasman A, et al (eds): Psychiatry, 3rd ed, 2008. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Mania DepressionAcute •Haloperidol → lithium
•Carbamazepine → lithium •Phenytoin → haloperidol •Divalproex → neuroleptic •Olanzapine → lithium or divalproex •Risperidone or haloperidol → lithium or divalproex•Quetiapine → lithium or divalproex
- Lamotrigine + Lithium-Olanzapine (or olanzapine and fluoxetine, OFC) → lithium, anticonvulsants and/or neuroleptics-Pramipexole → lithium or divalproex (BPD-II)-
Maitenance(Prophylaxis)
- Imipramine → lithium- High-dose thyroxine → treatment as usual (in rapid cycling)- Divalproex → lithium- Magnesium → verapamil.- Omega-3 fatty acids → treatment as usual- Gabapentin → lithium or divalproex or Carbamazepine
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Mood Stabilizers for Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder (RCBD)
Frequently (≥ 4 / y) RECURRING & REFRACTORY depressive episodes appear to be a “hallmark” of RCBD and may be exacerbated (cycle induction or acceleration) by antidepressant use. Up to 15 % of BP pts, esp in females (80%)
Lithium, divalproex, lamotrigine, and the atypical antipsychotics are the current mainstays of treatment.
Combination strategies are most often necessary. Thyroid hormone augmentation may also be of
great benefit for some patients with RCBDCairo, June 2012
Muzina D, et al: Mood Stabilizers. In: Tasman A, et al (eds): Psychiatry, 3rd ed, 2008. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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AEDs are Mood stabilizers? CBZ & VPA: best evidence, monotherapy / in combination
esp Mania, both acute and maitenance LMT & PHT: evolving evidence, but in combination Others: poor evidence Current evidence supports the use of divalproex
and lamotrigine in the treatment of acute bipolar depression
Anticonvulsants are not a class when treating mania. While valproate and carbamazepine are significantly more effective than placebo, gabapentin, topiramate, and lamotrigine are not.
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Reinares M, et al: A systematic review on the role of anticonvulsants in the treatment of acute bipolar depression. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2012 May 10:1-12. PubMed PMID: 22575611.Rosa AR, et al. Is anticonvulsant treatment of mania a class effect? Data from randomized clinical trials. CNS Neurosci Ther. 2011 Jun;17(3):167-77. Epub 2009 Dec 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 20015083.
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Anti-Kindling
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Stahl M: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology : ncuroscientific basis and practical applications. 3rd ed, 2008. Cambridge University Press
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Lamotrigine as a mood stabilizer
Approved for BP maitenance therapy esp BP depression (FDA)
LMT + Li: acute BP depression (WPA) Add-on LMT: maitenance (WPA) NO grounds for recommending its use
in manic or mixed states, in rapidly-cycling bipolar I or in unipolar depression
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Amann B, et al. Lamotrigine: when and where does it act in affective disorders? A systematic review. J Psychopharmacol. 2011 Oct;25(10):1289-94. Epub 2010 Sep 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 20823080.