MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A diabetes drug can help manage weight gain among children prescribed medications to treat bipolar disorder, a new study shows. But the diabetes drug metformin ...

Bipolar disorder medications can help manage symptoms, but their side effects may tempt you to stop taking them. Weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, and uncontrollable movements can make it difficult to ...

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) appears to be far more effective than algorithm-based drug therapy for treatment-resistant bipolar depression in what is believed to be the first randomized, controlled ...

The FDA is reviewing risperidone (Uzedy) extended-release injectable suspension for maintenance treatment of adults with bipolar I disorder, said makers Teva Pharmaceuticals and Medincell. The drug ...

Nine health bodies, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Royal Pharmaceutical Society, have written a letter to U.K. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock MP urging ...

The diabetes drug metformin can help kids manage weight gain associated with bipolar drugs Children taking metformin were more likely to minimize or avoid weight gain while on second-generation ...