Is it important to consider the sex of the patient when using lithium or valproate to treat the bipolar disorder?

Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2017 Jan:152:105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2016.02.003. Epub 2016 Feb 14.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy*
  • Bipolar Disorder / genetics
  • Epigenesis, Genetic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / drug effects
  • Lithium Compounds / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Neuroprotective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Pituitary-Adrenal System / drug effects
  • Sex Factors*
  • Valproic Acid / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Lithium Compounds
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Valproic Acid