ALLMedicine™ Lithium Toxicity Center

Sep 1st, 2021 - A 54-year-old woman with chronic lithium toxicity.|2021|Kobylianskii J,Austin E,Gold WL,Wu PE,|

Apr 2nd, 2021 - We aimed to review cases of Syndrome of Irreversible Lithium-Effectuated Neurotoxicity (SILENT) characterized by neurological sequelae following acute lithium toxicity and to explore whether cerebellar sequelae are more frequent in cases presentin...

Oct 20th, 2020 - A 24-year-old male was brought to our emergency with complaints of abdominal pain for two days. There was a history of foreign body ingestion five days earlier, details of which he refused to reveal. After investigation with abdominal X ray and ul...

Jul 16th, 2020 - Lithium is the first-line medication for bipolar disorder, given a narrow therapeutic window of 0.8 to 1.2 mEq/L. Change of lithium pharmacokinetics following bariatric surgery may lead to lithium toxicity, which is particularly concerned. We pres...

Jun 17th, 2020 - Lithium, which is used for bipolar disorder, can cause toxicity. There are two categories of lithium toxicity, namely, overdose-related and not overdose-related. However, the treatment and prognosis of each type of toxicity are not clearly underst...

Mar 31st, 2020 - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). All OTC NSAIDs, except aspirin and salicylates, increase the risk for lithium toxicity by decreasing glomerular filtration rate and promoting lithium reabsorption in the kidneys.

May 30th, 2018 - Diabetes insipidus is defined as the passage of large volumes of dilute urine. It has two major forms: central and nephrogenic. Central diabetes insipidus is characterized by decreased secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which gives rise to p...

May 30th, 2018 - Diabetes insipidus is defined as the passage of large volumes of dilute urine. It has two major forms: central and nephrogenic. Central diabetes insipidus is characterized by decreased secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which gives rise to p...

Jun 16th, 2017 - Lithium's Safety Profile Dana Wang, MD, a senior resident in the Harvard South Shore program, reviewed the kidney effects of lithium and the latest studies quantifying those harms. For instance, in recent data from Sweden, lithium was associated w...

Sep 17th, 2014 - I was astonished that Dr. Melvin G.