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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
5 6%
Moderate
14 16%
Mild
23 26%
None
45 52%

Most commonly reported side effects

Overall weakness
12 35%
Urinary frequency
7 21%
Tremor in hands
6 18%
tremor in hands
6 18%
Nausea
4 12%
thirst
3 9%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lithium Carbonate. See all 22 dosages ►

  daily 84 mg daily 92 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 210 mg daily 225 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 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 1000 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1800 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 55 Number of Patients: 55 4 Number of Patients: 4 27 Number of Patients: 27 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 49 Number of Patients: 49 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 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
109 53% Did not seem to work: 53%
Side effects too severe
61 30% Side effects too severe: 30%
Doctor's advice
35 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Other
27 13% Other: 13%
Personal research
26 13% Personal research: 13%
Not indicated
6 3% Not indicated: 3%
Course of treatment ended
5 2% Course of treatment ended: 2%
Expense
2 1% Expense: 1%

See all 203 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

Stopped Taking Lithium Carbonate

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
65 75%
Usually
17 20%
Sometimes
1 1%
Never
4 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 1%
Somewhat
7 8%
A little
13 15%
Not at all
66 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
2 2%
$25-49
5 6%
< $25
54 62%

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 March 20, 2010.