How do you decide between using immediate-release versus long-acting lithium?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
In general, long-acting (i.e., controlled release) lithium is thought to cause less nausea and other common side effects (like tremors) than IR formulations but has also been associated with higher rates of diarrhea due to differences in absorption.
Another consideration may be the dose you a...
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at Centre For Behavioral Health It's often safer to determine tolerability and cor...
at Maine Medical Center Outpatient Adult Psychiatry I find myself using a mix of CR and IR together, b...
at Fairfax County Government I like to dose it once daily as, theoretically, be...
at Thapar Renu K Office I have had to change many patients from lithium to...
It's often safer to determine tolerability and cor...
I find myself using a mix of CR and IR together, b...
I like to dose it once daily as, theoretically, be...
I have had to change many patients from lithium to...