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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

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Bipolar Disorder 6 2
Other 4 0
Mood swings 3 2
Depression 2 1
conteract a reaction to steroids 1 0
Cluster headaches 1 0

See all 19 patients currently taking Lithium Carbonate

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 33%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 33%
None
1 33%

Most commonly reported side effects

Weight gain
1 100%
Tremor in hands
1 100%
Overall weakness
1 100%
Joint pain with stiffness
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Lithium Carbonate. See all 11 dosages ►

  daily 150 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 450 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily 900 mg daily 950 mg daily 1200 mg daily 1250 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 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
1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice
1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Other
1 25% Other: 25%
Course of treatment ended
1 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 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
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Lithium Carbonate

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
1 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 33%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

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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.