Lithium: The Forgotten Wonderdrug

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Starting Dose • Conservative dose of 300 mg BID – In presence of normal kidney function, typical dose for treatment of acute mania is 1200 mg to 1800 mg of lithium and for maintenance treatment 900 mg to 1200 mg
Blood Monitoring • <strong>Lithium</strong> can be found in any body fluids including saliva and tears but currently only blood assays are available • Regular blood monitoring is essential for lithium treatment as lithium has a narrow window between therapeutic level and toxic level
Page 1 and 2: Lithium: The Forgotten Wonderdrug W
Page 3: What Is Lithium
Page 7 and 8: History • 1880s to early 1900s li
Page 9 and 10: Psychiatric Uses For Lithium • An
Page 11 and 12: Advantages of Lithium • Well esta
Page 13 and 14: Decline In Lithium Use
Page 15 and 16: Trend in Veterans Affairs Medical C
Page 17 and 18: Lithium Therapy And Suicide Risk In
Page 19 and 20: Suicide Risk in Mood Disorders •
Page 21 and 22: Overall Rates • Suicides and atte
Page 23 and 24: Rates of Suicide Attempts • Suici
Page 25 and 26: Risk Reduction in Diagnostic Subtyp
Page 27 and 28: Other Important Risk Factors in Sui
Page 29 and 30: Limitations of Evidence • Lack of
Page 31 and 32: Rationale For Long Term Treatment W
Page 33 and 34: Relapse in Bipolar Disorder • Des
Page 35 and 36: Episode Recurrence in Bipolar I Dis
Page 37 and 38: Episode Recurrence in Bipolar I Dis
Page 39 and 40: Reduction of Episode Recurrence •
Page 41 and 42: Risk vs Benefit Of Lithium Maintena
Page 43 and 44: Potential Toxicity of Long Term Lit
Page 45 and 46: Reducing Risk, Increasing Benefit:
Page 47 and 48: Initiating and Monitoring Lithium T
Page 49: Initiating Lithium • Prior to ini
Page 53 and 54: Therapeutic Levels • Upper end: 1
Page 55 and 56: Lithium Discontinuation
Page 57 and 58: Reduced Morbidity After Gradual Dis
Page 59 and 60: Lithium Discontinuation and Subsequ
Page 61 and 62: APA Treatment Guidelines For Bipola
Page 63 and 64: Bipolar Depression • First line t
Page 65 and 66: Maintenance “The medications with

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