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ArticleDrug safety - case reports2017

Quetiapine-Induced Hypomania and its Association with Quetiapine/Norquetiapine Plasma Concentrations: A Case Series of Bipolar Type 2 Patients.

C Rovera, C M Esposito, V Ciappolino, D Cattaneo, S Baldelli, E Clementi, A C Altamura, M Buoli

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Article in Drug safety - case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

C RoveraDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy.
C M EspositoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy.
V CiappolinoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy.
D CattaneoClinical Pharmacology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy.
S BaldelliClinical Pharmacology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy.
E ClementiClinical Pharmacology Unit, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, L. Sacco University Hospital, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
A C AltamuraDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy.
M BuoliDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy. massimiliano.buoli@hotmail.it.
University of Milan · ITASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITLuigi Sacco Hospital · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

International guidelines consider quetiapine at medium doses (300-400 mg/day) as valid options for the treatment of bipolar depression for the supposed lower risk of a switch to hypomania/mania than antidepressants. Norquetiapine is an active metabolite with antidepressant action. We describe three cases of induced hypomania in bipolar type 2 subjects who received quetiapine extended-release monotherapy (300 mg/day) for a mild/moderate major depressive episode. Quetiapine and norquetiapine plasma concentrations were measured after 1 week of treatment. Hypomania appeared after 7-10 days of quetiapine extended-release monotherapy and all subjects had a quetiapine/norquetiapine plasma concentration ratio <1. We propose a ratio value <1 as a predictor of risk for a switch to hypomania in bipolar depressed subjects receiving quetiapine extended-release monotherapy. Future research should ascertain the validity of this laboratory parameter to assess the risk of quetiapine-induced hypomania in large samples of bipolar patients.

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Bipolar depressionHypomaniaQuetiapine

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PMID29063217
PMCPMC5653679
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