18+ hannu_ikonen, 1 month ago

I'm just a boy, standing in front of a girl, asking them to tell my peers, to stop endangering patients with clear bipolar disorder history.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/mood-switch-in-bipolar-depression-comparison-of-adjunctive-venlafaxine-bupropion-and-sertraline/BB9EA415A1240B7D6B3107CA6D1D4DE1

"Bipolar disorder occurs in 1–3% of the population ... Bipolar disorder is potentially lethal,
with a 10–20% lifetime risk of dying by suicide."

" However,
on most measures and analyses venlafaxine showed a higher risk of patients switching into hypomania or mania than bupropion or sertraline...
in 10% of patients taking bupropion, 9%in 10% of patients
taking sertraline, and 29% taking venlafaxine...Results revealed a significant overall difference between the three groups "

PLEASE stop putting patients with a clear bipolar history on venlafaxine monotherapy. Please.