Lamotrigine as an Augmentation Agent in Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression: A Case Report.
- Author:
Young Sup WOO
1
;
Jeong Ho CHAE
;
Tae Youn JUN
;
Won Myong BAHK
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. wmbahk@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lamotrigine;
Treatment-resistant;
Bipolar depression
- MeSH:
Bipolar Disorder*;
Female;
Humans;
Korea
- From:Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology
2006;17(1):91-94
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The anticonvulsant lamotrigine has been reported to be efficacious and well tolerated in treatment of bipolar patients. Moreover, there were several reports that lamotrigine was effective for patients with treatment-resistant bipolar depression. Nevertheless, there was no report regarding the efficacy of lamotrigine as an augmentation agent in treatment-resistant bipolar depression in Korea. Here we present one case of a female patient suffering from treatment-resistant bipolar depression in which lamotrigine was successfully used as an augmentation treatment.
