Lithium: The Forgotten Wonderdrug
Lithium: The Forgotten Wonderdrug
Lithium: The Forgotten Wonderdrug
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Monitoring Frequently Not Done in<br />
Practice<br />
• Approximately two-thirds of lithium users in<br />
one study had a lithium blood level in a 12<br />
month period<br />
– Fewer than one half were tested for thyroid<br />
function and even less for renal function in that<br />
year<br />
Marcus SC, Olfson M, Pincus HA, Zarin DA, Kupfer DJ. <strong>The</strong>rapeutic drug monitoring of mood<br />
stabilizers in Medicaid patients with bipolar disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Jul;156(7):1014-8.