A New Treatment for Bipolar Depression

Topics: Antipsychotics | Atypical Antipsychotics | Bipolar Depression | Bipolar Disorder | Depression | News of Note | Pharmacology | Psychopharmacology

On May 28, 2019, cariprazine (Vraylar) became the fourth atypical antipsychotic to receive FDA approval for bipolar depression. The approval was based on two randomized controlled trials involving 1,051 patients and lasting 6–8 weeks. These studies grouped patients into fixed doses from 0.75–3 mg/day. The sweet spot seems to be 1.5 mg/day, which was