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What is Priadel?

Priadel is an international brand name for lithium 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 5 68

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
4 5%
Moderate
12 16%
Mild
19 26%
None
38 52%

Most commonly reported side effects

overall weakness
10 14%
Urinary frequency
6 8%
tremors in hands
5 7%
Nausea
4 5%
trembling hands
4 5%
crying and rage
3 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  200 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Priadel

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
57 78%
Usually
12 16%
Sometimes
1 1%
Never
3 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 1%
Somewhat
7 10%
A little
14 19%
Not at all
51 70%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
2 3%
$25-49
5 7%
< $25
51 70%

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.