Antidiabetics

What are antidiabetic medications for bipolar disorder?

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-γ) agonists such as pioglitazone are used to treat type 2 diabetes. In the context of comorbid diabetes and depressive disorders, studies have shown that pioglitazone also has antidepressant properties. This topic assesses the evidence for antidiabetic medications for the treatment of depression in people with bipolar disorder.

What is the evidence for antidiabetic medications?

Low quality evidence is unable to determine the benefits of pioglitazone for depression in people with bipolar disorder. Note that this result was due to only one small study of people with bipolar disorder. When the analysis also included people with major depression, the results significantly favoured pioglitazone for the treatment of depression.

November 2021

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Last updated at: 4:28 pm, 29th November 2021
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