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I want to know which medication for bipolar disorder is less likely to cause weight gain.
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Quite a few.: This depends on what your doctor prescribes as a mood stabilizer. Aripiprazole, Topiramate, Lamotrigine,Saphris, Latuda (lurasidone) are some of them.
Answered 8/14/2015
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