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The co-administration of quetiapine or placebo to cognitive-behavior therapy in treatment refractory depression; a preli...
Background: Patients with major depression refractory to repeated pharmacological trials (TRD) may remain symptomatic for many years after their index episode. Augmentation strategies (with lithium or an atypical antipsychotic) or combining an antidepressant with short-term psychotherapy have ...

Does tachyphylaxis occur after repeated antidepressant exposure in patients with Bipolar II major depressive episode?
J Affect Disord. 2008 Aug 9; Amsterdam JD, Shults J OBJECTIVE: Tachyphylaxis often refers to the loss of antidepressant efficacy during long-term treatment. However, it may also refer to the gradual loss of efficacy after repeated antidepressant exposures over time. The aim of this study was ...

lithium And Its Benefits
lithium aspartate is commonly used in the natural treatment of hyperthyroidism and other thyroid diseases because it helps in the spreading of iodine evenly throughout the body. lithium may increase ...

Cluster headache
Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache disease characterized by recurrent short-lasting attacks (15 to 180 minutes) of excruciating unilateral periorbital pain accompanied by ipsilateral autonomic signs (lacrimation, nasal congestion, ptosis, miosis, lid edema, redness of the eye). It affects young ...

GSK-3beta controls osteogenesis through regulating Runx2 activity.
PLoS ONE, Vol. 2, No. 9. (2007) Despite accumulated knowledge of various signalings regulating bone formation, the molecular network has not been clarified sufficiently to lead to clinical application. Here we show that heterozygous glycogen synthase kinase-3beta (GSK-3beta)-deficient mice displayed ...

What About lithium for Bipolar Disorder?
Often overlooked in the conversation about things that work for bipolar disorder is the old stand-by, lithium. lithium is a naturally occurring salt that was, prior to the past decade or so, the medication treatment of choice for bipolar disorder. It is now seen more as a ...

Up-regulation of protein l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase expression by lithium is mediated by glycogen synthase kinase-3...
Neuropharmacology. 2008 Jun 6; Lamarre M, Desrosiers RR During cell aging, proteins accumulate damages, which affect their structure and activity. The protein l-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) is involved in the repair of proteins containing abnormal l-isoaspartyl residues. Although its mechanism ...

Chronic lamotrigine does not alter the turnover of arachidonic acid within brain phospholipids of the unanesthetized rat...
Psychopharmacology, Vol. 193, No. 4. (September 2007), pp. 467-474. RATIONALE: Drugs that are effective in treating the manic phase of bipolar disorder (lithium, carbamazepine, and valproate) upon chronic administration to rats decrease the turnover of arachidonic acid in their brain phospholipids. ...

FDA Approves Astrazeneca's Seroquel For Maintenance treatment In Bipolar Disorder
AstraZeneca announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SEROQUEL® (quetiapine fumarate) for the maintenance treatment of patients with bipolar I disorder, as adjunct to lithium or divalproex.

AstraZeneca gets FDA Ok for Seroquel maintenance treatment
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- AstraZeneca said Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its Seroquel drug for the maintenance treatment of patients with bipolar I disorder, as adjunct to lithium or divalproex. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts ...