The Comparison of the Effectiveness of Thiothixene and Risperidone as a Combination with Lithium for the Treatm ent of Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Abstract

Background: The effectiveness of various atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of acute mania is reported repeatedly, but those for typical antipsychotics are restricted to haloperidol and chlorpromazine. As there is a comparative importance of side effects for typical and atypical antipsychotics, we decided to compare the therapeutic effect of thiothixene and risperidone as a combination with lithium for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder.