Treatment with lithium may be protective against dementia and its subtypes, a retrospective cohort study indicated. Among patients receiving mental health care, those exposed to lithium at standard ...

Hayes et al 12 conducted one of the most recent large studies to compare lithium with newer second-generation antipsychotics as maintenance monotherapy for bipolar disorder. The authors concluded that ...

Sanofi has offloaded the French rights to a prolonged-release and divisible tablet formulations of lithium carbonate to Laboratoires Delbert, a company focused on the revival of essential medicines.

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition estimated to affect between 1% and 3% of people worldwide. Its main symptoms include extreme mood swings, ranging from periods of high activity and ...

Lithium has long been described as the "penicillin of psychiatry" and the "gold standard" in the treatment of bipolar disorder, yet its use in the United States has decreased steadily in the past 25 ...

Lithium side effects may include diarrhea, rash, hair thinning, weight gain, and more. Lithium is a mood stabilizer used to treat bipolar disorder, a condition that involves episodes of depression, ...

After 5 weeks of taking 300 mg of lithium daily, a 76-year-old woman with lurasidone-induced tardive dyskinesia from treatment for Bipolar II Disorder experienced reduced impact, intensity, and ...

Augmentation was more effective with quetiapine than lithium for treatment-resistant depression in a pragmatic trial. Quetiapine also improved quality-adjusted life years more than lithium. The ...