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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 16%
Moderate
28 34%
Mild
36 43%
None
6 7%

Most commonly reported side effects

thirst
26 36%
Weight gain
24 33%
Nausea
20 27%
tremor in hands
19 26%
Tremor in hands
16 22%
Acne
13 18%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lithium Carbonate. See all 28 dosages ►

  daily 1 other daily 4 mg daily 10 mg daily 126 mg daily 152 mg daily 210 mg daily 300 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 450 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 1125 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1250 mg daily 1350 mg daily 1400 mg daily 1500 mg daily 1575 mg daily 1800 mg daily 2250 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 25 Number of Patients: 25 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 48 Number of Patients: 48 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 99 Number of Patients: 99 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 34 Number of Patients: 34 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lithium Carbonate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
36 49% Side effects too severe: 49%
Did not seem to work
26 36% Did not seem to work: 36%
Doctor's advice
23 32% Doctor's advice: 32%
Other
12 16% Other: 16%
Expense
4 5% Expense: 5%
Personal research
2 3% Personal research: 3%
Not indicated
1 1% Not indicated: 1%

See all 71 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
68 82%
Usually
10 12%
Sometimes
2 2%
Never
3 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
6 7%
Somewhat
15 18%
A little
23 28%
Not at all
39 47%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
1 1%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 4%
$25-49
6 7%
< $25
55 66%

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 19, 2010.