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pharmaceutical lithium
Indications:
- bipolar disorder
* pharmaceutical lithium associated with decreased risk of dementia (RR=0.56) including Alzheimer's disease & vascular dementia [1]
Laboratory:
- lithium in hair
- lithium in tissue
- lithium in erythrocytes
- lithium in body fluid
- lithium in gastric fluid
- lithium in saliva
- Li+ in blood
- Li+ in serum/plasma
- Li+ in urine
Interactions
drug adverse effects of psychotropic agents
Related
Li+
Specific
lithium carbonate (Eskalith, Lithane, Lithobid, Lithonate)
lithium citrate
lithium orotate (Serenity)
General
mood stabilizer
References
- Chen S, Underwood BR, Jones PB et al
Association between lithium use and the incidence of dementia and its subtypes:
A retrospective cohort study.
PLOS Medicine 2022. March 17.
PMID: 28832877 PMCID: PMC5710473 Free PMC article
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003941