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The efficacy of vitamin B6 as an adjunctive therapy to lithium in improving the symptoms of acute mania in patients with bipolar disorder, type 1; a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial.

Rahim BadrfamSeyed-Ali MostafaviAli KhaleghiShahin AkhondzadehAtefeh ZandifarMalihe FaridNami Mohammadian KhonsariMohammad Reza Mohammadi
Published in: Brain and behavior (2021)
According to this study, the daily dose of 80 mg of vitamin B6 for 8 weeks in patients with bipolar disorder in the manic episode with psychotic feature treated daily with lithium, was not associated with a significant improvement in mood status compared to the control-placebo group. It is recommended to perform similar studies in a multi-center manner with a larger sample size and longer duration.
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