Off-label use of sodium valproate for schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND: Off-label use of a drug not according to its regulatory labeling has become common in medicine, especially in the field of psychiatry. Mood stabilizers are intended to be used to attenuate mood fluctuations in bipolar disorder, but their use has spread to patients with schizophrenia, as...

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Main Authors: Einav Horowitz, Lisa Carroll Bergman, Charna Ashkenazy, Irit Moscona-Hurvitz, Haya Grinvald-Fogel, Racheli Magnezi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3963914?pdf=render