Lithium: how low can you go?

Strawbridge, Rebecca; Young, Allan H.

doi:10.1186/s40345-024-00325-y

Int J Bipolar Disord

2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40345-024-00325-y

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Lithium: how low can you go?

Rebecca Strawbridge,

Allan H. Young

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What Patients with Bipolar Disorder Need to Know about Lithium

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Rybakowski

2024

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Lithium is the superior first-line treatment for bipolar disorder (BD). Yet the percentage of patients receiving lithium is abysmally low, especially in the US. Since psychiatrists have failed to place lithium in its appropriate role, we make the case that patients with BD themselves need to be better educated about the unique characteristics and pre-eminence of the drug so that it can be used more often and appropriately. Lithium has a highly unfavorable popular reputation among would-be patients and many psychiatrists. Thus, a direct appeal to patients with BD appears appropriate to try to remediate this situation. The unique assets of lithium are underappreciated or not well known. Conversely, the side effects profile of lithium are overestimated. Here, we make the case that lithium’s image needs to be revised not only with better and more accurate information but also with a wholesale renaming and rebranding of the drug. We will not only outline the unique qualities and new information about the side effects of the drug but attempt to change some of the terminology conventionally used to refer to lithium so that its use may be appropriately applied earlier and at an increased frequency for patients with BD.

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Lithium: how low can you go?

Cited by 2 publications

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Lithium affects sodium balance but not intestinal microbiota - studies in Drosophila melanogaster

Lithium affects sodium balance but not intestinal microbiota - studies in Drosophila melanogaster

What Patients with Bipolar Disorder Need to Know about Lithium

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