Lithium Remains Best For Bipolar
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Ed H.Posted
Fri 20 Jan 2012 7:01pm
Doctors should feel more confident in recommending lithium for people with bipolar disorder, say Oxford University researchers who have reviewed the evidence on possible side-effects of the drug.
Lithium is the most effective long-term therapy for bipolar disorder, but its use has decreased. This is partly due to concerns about the drug
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Lithium: Beneficial in Natural Form, Smaller Doses, Trace Amounts?
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Duane Sherry, M.S.Posted
Tue 12 May 2009 3:22pm
A research study from Japan was made public last week. It pointed to lithium as a possible means to reduce suicide. Lithium carbonate remains the treatment of choice for “bipolar disorder” – by conventional psychiatrists in many parts of the world – in spite of its dangers.
Lithium carbonate is hardly safe - particularly, to the thyroid and kidneys
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Bolivia’s Lithium Bonanza
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StanPosted
Tue 15 Dec 2009 6:12am
Well, there won’t be a shortage of lithium for a while, it seems. Although there hasn’t been a lithium shortage worry or anything, Bolivia has announced that if there were, it’d be solved already.
Read More: http://www.aaronsenvironmental.com/2009/12/bolivias-lithium-bonanza/
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Lithium Might Increase Brain Mass
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James ClaimsPosted
Sun 23 Oct 2011 1:03pm
Ok, no so scared of lithium. If you remember one of my previous posts, I described how MRI scans show that the hippocampus in bipolar patients might be reduced in size, similar to schizophrenia. Well, I just came across another resource about lithium that makes me feel a little better about it. Lithium might increase brain mass.
Without treatment, there seems
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Lithium anyone?
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Liz JanillPosted
Mon 04 May 2009 5:26pm
A lot of bipolar persons are taking lithium. I understand that it does help with the symptoms of this disorder. This article tell us possibly why.
New Light On Bipolar Treatment Drugs - Potential Mechanism Identified For Lithium Operation In The Brain
Lithium has been established for more than 50 years as one of the most effective treatments
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Toyota Remains with Nickel After Lithium Prius Test
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StanPosted
Mon 14 Sep 2009 10:12pm
Toyota Motor Corp., the biggest seller of hybrid autos, is sticking with nickel as the preferred battery material for most of the vehicles after three years of secretly testing Prius hatchbacks with lithium-ion packs… more
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Low-dose lithium may extend lifespan
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Dr. John Z.Posted
Sun 20 Feb 2011 12:00am
IDW-online.de - Even a low concentration of lithium leads to an increased... from universities in Oita and Hiroshima (the teams used two independent approaches). The research team presents its results about lithium and lifespan in the online edition
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Why Lithium?
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James ClaimsPosted
Thu 17 Nov 2011 10:38am
Why is lithium the gold standard for treatment in bipolar disorder? What makes it a particularly useful drug? And what does it do in terms of being effective in managing affective disorders?
To start it all off, Lithium is an old drug. It was first used for stones in the bladder way back in 1843, but it wasn’t until 1949 that John Cade discovered
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Lithium can slow the onset of Alzheimer's Disease
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totalhealthPosted
Thu 28 Apr 2011 9:59am
Research conducted by Sao Paulo University in Brazil has identified that the use of lithium could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Lithium has been routinely... over the age of 60, all suffering from mild cogitative impairment, which often leads to Alzheimer’s. Half of the patients were given 150mg of lithium daily for a year
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