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Marcia Purse

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Lithium Side Effects

When you first start taking lithium, you may experience tiredness, thirst, urinating more frequently, drowsiness, weight gain or mildly shaking hands. As your body adjusts to lithium, these should go away, but if they continue or get worse, talk to your doctor and pharmacist as soon as possible. Less common side effects can be serious. Tell your... Read more Chevron

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Lithium - Keeping Yourself Safe

The first thing you need to be aware of when taking lithium is that you need to drink plenty of fluids (preferably without sugar or caffeine). If you don't make sure you're flushing your system properly, lithium can build up, possibly leading to toxicity. (See Monitoring Lithium Levels - Why It's Essential.) It's also important to get enough salt... Read more Chevron

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Monitoring Lithium Blood Levels - Why It's Essential

When you're taking lithium, the effective dose has a narrow range. If the level of lithium in your blood is too low, you may not be getting what you need out of the medication. If it's too high, you risk experiencing lithium toxicity. Before you even start taking lithium your kidney and thyroid functions should be tested, because if the... Read more Chevron

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Lithium in Bipolar Disorder - How Does It Work?

Introduction Doctors who first noticed that the chemical element lithium caused mood stabilization were using it to treat gout. In 1949 an Australian psychiatrist, John Cade, was the first to publish a paper about using lithium to treat acute mania, but the FDA didn't approve the drug for use in bipolar disorder until 1970. Along the way... Read more Chevron

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Nutrition & Healing

From a newsletter of Nutrtion and Healing -- Dr Paulis met a 9 year-old girl suffering from sever bipolar disorder. Mainstream treatment involves lithium and anticonvulsive drugs that have many side effects -- nausea, distorted perception and suppression of the immune system. Lithium can impair the functioning of the central nervous... Read more Chevron

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