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What is Lithium?

Lithium is used to treat and prevent episodes of mania in people with bipolar disorder (manic depressive disorder). Lithium is in a class of medications called antimanic agents, which work by decreasing abnormal activity in the brain. Read more...Click to read more below

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 11%
Moderate
4 22%
Mild
7 39%
None
5 28%

Most commonly reported side effects

thirst
9 50%
hand tremors
9 50%
get the shakes
8 44%
Memory problems
7 39%
Urinary frequency
5 28%
nausea, dizziness
2 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lithium. See all 14 dosages ►

  10 mg daily 150 mg daily 300 mg daily 350 mg daily 450 mg daily 600 mg daily 750 mg daily 900 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1250 mg daily 1350 mg daily 1500 mg daily 1600 mg daily 1800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 19 Number of Patients: 19 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 16 Number of Patients: 16 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lithium (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
5 38% Did not seem to work: 38%
Doctor's advice
3 23% Doctor's advice: 23%
Side effects too severe
3 23% Side effects too severe: 23%
Other
3 23% Other: 23%
Course of treatment ended
1 8% Course of treatment ended: 8%
Personal research
1 8% Personal research: 8%
Expense
1 8% Expense: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Lithium

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lithium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
3
8
13
9

Stopped Taking Lithium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
5
2
3
2
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
13 72%
Usually
4 22%
Sometimes
1 6%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 11%
Somewhat
1 6%
A little
4 22%
Not at all
11 61%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 11%
< $25
13 72%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Research:
Lithium & ALS

See how ALS patients taking lithium are doing in real-time by viewing FRS scores before and after starting lithium. Easily compare individual dosages and blood levels, and filter results by a rich set of patient characteristics.

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Report created on November 21, 2009.