Sep 22, 2026 · 55 min · 11 segments
What does long-term stability with bipolar disorder actually look like? Michael Schneider has lived with bipolar disorder for decades—and has gone 26 years without another manic episode. But getting…
Clément BaissatHostI think taking new medications and putting anything new into your body can be scary.
And what I feel like if there's nothing else someone takes away from this podcast, it's drugs do not go to people unless they are proven very safe.
The biggest focus of drug development and the biggest impedance to new drugs going to the market, meaning a doctor can prescribe it to you, is safety.
It's not just death safety, but other kinds of safety, organ safety, long-term use safety.
And it can be scary, but what I hope people realize is there's a lot of time spent making sure these things are safe and efficent.
So a drug, so from the idea and it being made in a chemistry lab to it being on the market, which means a doctor can prescribe it to you.
There is a whole pipeline of safety that's just can your liver process this medication? Can your kidneys? Is there going to be negative effects to your heart, all your other organs? You know, the side effects are what's tolerated and they can be scary and sometimes can be severe, but there are other side effects that make a drug completely unusable.
I think taking new medications and putting anything new into your body can be scary.
And what I feel like if there's nothing else someone takes away from this podcast, it's drugs do not go to people unless they are proven very safe.
The biggest focus of drug development and the biggest impedance to new drugs going to the market, meaning a doctor can prescribe it to you, is safety.
It's not just death safety, but other kinds of safety, organ safety, long-term use safety.
And it can be scary, but what I hope people realize is there's a lot of time spent making sure these things are safe and efficent.
So a drug, so from the idea and it being made in a chemistry lab to it being on the market, which means a doctor can prescribe it to you.
There is a whole pipeline of safety that's just can your liver process this medication? Can your kidneys? Is there going to be negative effects to your heart, all your other organs? You know, the side effects are what's tolerated and they can be scary and sometimes can be severe, but there are other side effects that make a drug completely unusable.
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