Mono- and combination drug therapies in hospitalized patients with bipolar depression. Data from the European drug surveillance program AMSP

Table 4 Most frequent combinations of classes of psychotropic drugs

Lithium	Antidepressants (SSRI, Mir, Ven)	atypical Neuroleptics (Quet, Ola, Ri)	4%
Lithium	Antidepressants (SSRI, Mir, Ven)	Antidepressants (SSRI, Mir, Ven)	3%
Lithium	atypical Neuroleptics (Quet, Ola, Ri)	Anticonvulsives (Val, Lam)	1%
SSRI	atypical Neuroleptics (Quet, Ola, Ri)	Anticonvulsives (Val, Lam)	3%
SSRI	Mirtazapine	Anticonvulsives (Val, Lam)	2%
SSRI	Mirtazapine	Venlafaxine	1%

Table: 4 Classes of psychotropic drugs in the treatment of bipolar depression (1994–2009). Mir: mirtazapine, Ven: venlafaxine, Quet: quetiapine, Ola: olanzapine, Ri: risperidone, Val: valproic acid, Lam: lamotrigine.

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