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What is Licarb?

Licarb brand name for lithium carbonate 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

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Slow my ALS progress 3 0

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Dosages

  300 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Licarb (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Side effects too severe
1 50% Side effects too severe: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Licarb

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Taking Licarb

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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.