Bipolar Drug's Long-Term Use Questioned

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Bipolar Drug's Long-Term Use Questioned

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The growing use of a popular drug in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder is based largely on a single, flawed clinical trial that may be steering doctors and patients away from drugs with a more established track record, a new review published this week in the journal PLoS Medicine suggests.

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