The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
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March 28, 2005
                		
                	Extended-Release Carbamazepine (Equetro) for Bipolar Disorder
					
					
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Extended-Release Carbamazepine (Equetro) for Bipolar Disorder
March 28, 2005 (Issue: 1205)
					An extended-release formulation of carbamazepine, available since 1997 for treatment of epilepsy, has now been approved under a new name, Equetro, for acute mania and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. Although the drug was effective in some...more
 
        			
        			
					
					
					
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