Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy

Abstract This paper reports the case of a 46‐year‐old woman suffering from bipolar disorder of type I with mixed features with initial fronto‐temporal atrophy. Although considered treatment‐resistant to conventional strategies, she successfully responded to a combination of rivastigmine, clozapine,...

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Main Authors: Paolo Morana, Federico Mucci, Stefano Baroni, Alessandra Della Vecchia, Armando Piccinni, Benedetto Morana, Donatella Marazziti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-02-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2462
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spelling doaj-3736542841c44406a320892499d538902020-11-25T01:42:54ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042020-02-018225425710.1002/ccr3.2462Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophyPaolo Morana0Federico Mucci1Stefano Baroni2Alessandra Della Vecchia3Armando Piccinni4Benedetto Morana5Donatella Marazziti6Casa di cura Morana Marsala ItalyDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale Section of Psychiatry University of Pisa ItalyDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale Section of Psychiatry University of Pisa ItalyDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale Section of Psychiatry University of Pisa ItalyBrain Research Foundation (BRF) Lucca ItalyCasa di cura Morana Marsala ItalyDipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale Section of Psychiatry University of Pisa ItalyAbstract This paper reports the case of a 46‐year‐old woman suffering from bipolar disorder of type I with mixed features with initial fronto‐temporal atrophy. Although considered treatment‐resistant to conventional strategies, she successfully responded to a combination of rivastigmine, clozapine, and oxcarbazepine.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2462bipolar disordersclozapinedepressionfronto‐temporal atrophymixed featuresoxcarbazepine
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author Paolo Morana
Federico Mucci
Stefano Baroni
Alessandra Della Vecchia
Armando Piccinni
Benedetto Morana
Donatella Marazziti
spellingShingle Paolo Morana
Federico Mucci
Stefano Baroni
Alessandra Della Vecchia
Armando Piccinni
Benedetto Morana
Donatella Marazziti
Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
Clinical Case Reports
bipolar disorders
clozapine
depression
fronto‐temporal atrophy
mixed features
oxcarbazepine
author_facet Paolo Morana
Federico Mucci
Stefano Baroni
Alessandra Della Vecchia
Armando Piccinni
Benedetto Morana
Donatella Marazziti
author_sort Paolo Morana
title Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
title_short Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
title_full Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
title_fullStr Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
title_sort effectiveness of clozapine, oxcarbazepine and rivastigmine combination in a bipolar disorder patient with initial cerebral atrophy
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2020-02-01
description Abstract This paper reports the case of a 46‐year‐old woman suffering from bipolar disorder of type I with mixed features with initial fronto‐temporal atrophy. Although considered treatment‐resistant to conventional strategies, she successfully responded to a combination of rivastigmine, clozapine, and oxcarbazepine.
topic bipolar disorders
clozapine
depression
fronto‐temporal atrophy
mixed features
oxcarbazepine
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2462
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