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What is Lithium Carbonate?

Lithium Carbonate 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
13 9%
Moderate
34 24%
Mild
53 37%
None
44 31%

Most commonly reported side effects

thirst
27 19%
Weight gain
25 17%
tremors in hands
25 17%
Nausea
22 15%
overall weakness
16 11%
trembling hands
16 11%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lithium Carbonate. See all 37 dosages ►

  daily 2 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 84 mg daily 92 mg daily 100 mg daily 126 mg daily 150 mg daily 152 mg daily 200 mg daily 210 mg daily 225 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 450 mg daily 500 mg daily 590 mg daily 600 mg daily 675 mg daily 750 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 950 mg daily 1000 mg daily 1050 mg daily 1100 mg daily 1125 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1250 mg daily 1350 mg daily 1500 mg daily 1575 mg daily 1800 mg daily 2250 mg daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 90 Number of Patients: 90 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 52 Number of Patients: 52 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 100 Number of Patients: 100 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 112 Number of Patients: 112 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 34 Number of Patients: 34 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lithium Carbonate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
116 46% Did not seem to work: 46%
Side effects too severe
91 36% Side effects too severe: 36%
Doctor's advice
49 20% Doctor's advice: 20%
Other
39 16% Other: 16%
Personal research
23 9% Personal research: 9%
Not indicated
7 3% Not indicated: 3%
Expense
6 2% Expense: 2%
Course of treatment ended
5 2% Course of treatment ended: 2%

See all 247 patients who’ve stopped taking Lithium Carbonate

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lithium Carbonate

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
7
23
66
76
57

Stopped Taking Lithium Carbonate

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
27
48
72
52
32
16

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
119 83%
Usually
19 13%
Sometimes
2 1%
Never
4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
6 4%
Somewhat
21 15%
A little
36 25%
Not at all
81 56%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 1%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 2%
$25-49
10 7%
< $25
98 68%

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.