The researchers found 13 cases from 1996 to 1998 that were resistant to the drug ceftriaxone, which is used to treat severe episodes.
Mood stabilizers may be used to treat sudden manic episodes.
This medication is used as a laxative to treat occasional episodes of constipation.
On-demand treatment involves treating bleeding episodes once they arise.
Apomorphine is used to treat "off" episodes when they occur.
However, many other drugs used to treat manic episodes are also used for maintenance treatment.
Lithium is used to treat both manic and depressive episodes.
He revived the practice of treating Biblical episodes realistically by transferring them to modern days.
These antibodies are called inhibitors, and they may make it more difficult to treat bleeding episodes.
And the long-term advantage of treating first psychotic episodes with antipsychotics, the report found, was not clear.