10 In Denmark, all medication such as lithium, which is prescribed by physicians, is purchased at pharmacies only. Information on the indication for the prescription is not available. The Danish Medical Register on Vital Statistics11 contains data on death. The DNHR12 contains data on all ...
It is an important medication option treatment for patients with bipolar disorder [34]. However, the plasma lithium level must be carefully monitored and kept to a narrow range (0.5–1.2 mmol/L) to avoid acute poisoning, such as confusion, seizures and encephalopathy [35]. In addition to ...
This randomized clinical trial assesses whether the addition of lithium to existing medication regimens would prevent or delay repeated suicide-related
Lithium, a GSK3 inhibitor, was first used in 1949 as a mood-stabilizing drug in the treatment of bipolar disorder or mania29,30. Clinically, lithium has also been used for treating severe psychosis symptoms, and lithium alone or lithium augmentation of antipsychotic medications is proposed as an...
Li is a potential drug candidate for the management of Shank3-deficiency [46, 47]. Here, we tested if the transcriptional programs disrupted in Shank3∆11(−/−) can be rescued by Li, by comparing the contrasts KOVeh versus WTVeh (genotype) and KOLi versus KOVeh (treatment) (Fig. ...
The authors stressed that they could not prove any link between lithium and a decreased risk of dementia because of the observational nature of their investigation and the small number of patients (53) who had been treated with the drug. Crucially, the main limitation was that 73% of the pat...
Lithium is a major psychiatric medication, especially as long-term maintenance medication for Bipolar Disorder. Despite its effectiveness, lithium has side-effects, such as on renal function. In this study, lithium was administered to adult rats. This animal model of renal function was validated by...
Nine patients with BD had previously been prescribed antidepressants, but all were medication-free for a minimum of 2 months before enrollment. Healthy comparison subjects had no current or previous DSM-IV Axis I diagnosis, including history of alcohol and/or other drug dependence or abuse within ...
Its applications vary from its use, in the form of lithium carbonate, as a medication to treat mental illness to its use in the manufacture of lightweight alloys for the aeronautics industry. In this section, we have compiled the information given in the literature concerning the main ...
10 In Denmark, all medication such as lithium, which is prescribed by physicians, is purchased at pharmacies only. Information on the indication for the prescription is not available. The Danish Medical Register on Vital Statistics11 contains data on death. The DNHR12 contains data on all ...