Add-on Memantine Treatment for Bipolar II Disorder Comorbid with Alcohol Dependence: A 12-Week Follow-Up Study.

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: BD-II comorbid with alcohol dependence might benefit from add-on memantine treatment, which significantly reduced clinical severity, alcohol use, and plasma cytokine levels, and increased BDNF levels. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Source: Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research - April 15, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Lee SY, Wang TY, Chen SL, Chang YH, Chen PS, Huang SY, Tzeng NS, Wang LJ, Lee IH, Chen KC, Yang YK, Hong JS, Lu RB Tags: Alcohol Clin Exp Res Source Type: research