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A Randomized Trial Comparing Paroxetine and Venlafaxine in the Treatment of Bipolar Depressed Patients Taking Mood Stabilizers

DOI

223

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0

References

2002

Year

Eduard Vieta, Anabel Martínez‐Arán, José Manuel Goikolea, Carla Torrent, Francesc Colom, Antoni Benabarre, María Reinares
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Abstract

Paroxetine and venlafaxine are both effective and safe in the treatment of depressive breakthrough episodes in bipolar disorder. There was a suggestion of a slightly higher risk for switch to mania or hypomania with venlafaxine.