Filter by: patients
Home > Community Treatment Reports and Side Effects > Lithium Citrate Treatment Report
What is Lithium Citrate?

Lithium citrate 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. As citrate it is prepared as a solution and syrup with 300 mg/5 mL, equivalent to amount of lithium in lithium carbonate.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 0
Bipolar rapid cycling 2 0
Other 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
PLS (Primary Lateral Sclerosis) 1 0
Bipolar Disorder 1 0
Bipolar I Disorder 1 0

See all 5 patients currently taking Lithium Citrate

Mouse over the table for more information

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Lithium Citrate

Weight gain 1

Reported Dosages

  2 mL daily 5 mg daily 7 tbs. daily 10 mL daily 40 mL daily 84 mg daily 1,040 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lithium Citrate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%
Expense 1   Expense: 33%
Other 1   Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Lithium Citrate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lithium Citrate

A bar graph

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

Stopped Taking Lithium Citrate

A bar graph

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Lithium Citrate

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lithium Citrate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lithium Citrate

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.