Lundbeck: Depressive Symptoms Are Frequent During Manic Episodes of Bipolar I Disorder

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For media outside China, Japan, UK, USA only. “Better understanding of the symptoms experienced by patients with bipolar I disorder is of utmost importance. Patients who experience mania with depressive symptoms and depression with manic symptoms are common and are associated with poorer treatment outcomes” Lundbeck today presented results at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Congress from post hoc analyses in bipolar I disorder patients, which confirm that depressive symptoms are frequent during manic episodes.1 The post-hoc analyses also evaluated the efficacy of asenapine or placebo treatment (olanzapine active control) on manic...