Lamotrigine vs lithium: Withdrawal from treatment due to any reason, 6‐12 months after intervention initiation (long term)
Lamotrigine showed no clear difference in withdrawal from treatment due to any reason, 6‐12 months after… compared with lithium (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Lamotrigine vs lithium Withdrawal from treatment due to any reason, 6‐12 months after intervention initiation (long term) · bipolar disorder Lamotrigine showed no clear difference in withdrawal from treatment due to any reason, 6‐12 months after… compared with lithium (moderate certainty). Lamotrigine in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.96 [0.88, 1.05] | 4 studies · 636 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamotrigine in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.