Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the treatment of
schizophrenia or bipolar type I disorders, and more particularly, to the administration of
iloperidone in such treatments, including the
titration administration of
iloperidone, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of
iloperidone, an
active metabolite of iloperidone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of an iloperidone
metabolite. A first aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a patient suffering from a bipolar type I disorder, the method comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of iloperidone, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of iloperidone, an
active metabolite of iloperidone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of an iloperidone
metabolite, wherein the effective amount is an amount effective to ameliorate at least one symptom of
mania in the patient.