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Bipolar Disorder Maintenance

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition involving extreme mood changes. Maintenance treatment is the long-term therapy taken between episodes to help keep mood stable.

Key points

  • Bipolar disorder maintenance is continued treatment that helps prevent episodes from returning between periods of stability.
  • Mood changes in bipolar disorder can shift between highs and lows, and maintenance therapy supports stability over the long term.

Medicines listed for Bipolar Disorder Maintenance

The catalogue contains one product, Lithium Tablets and Capsules, which provides lithium carbonate (Lithium Carbonate). The medicine is used in bipolar disorder maintenance to help manage mood changes, and it is available in 150mg and 300mg strengths as tablets and capsules.

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