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Re: Some questions about Lithium.

Posted by Squiggles on May 24, 2007, at 20:43:53

In reply to Re: Some questions about Lithium., posted by Squiggles on May 24, 2007, at 20:15:24

Just browsing through the net, i see that
tremor with lithium can be

- too high a dose (lowering it would be the sensible thing to do)

- extrapyramidal (sounds dangerous--Propanol and other Beta blockers are recommended, which i think is downright dangerous--eyes wide shut)

- taking it with caffeine (the suggestion to eliminate caffeine shows ignorance about the effect of caffeine on lithium--which is to lower the lithium in the blood).

- taking it for a very long time (any drug which you take into your old age should be reassessed as seniors tend to lose renal clearance and their metabolism of all drugs slows down)- perhaps lower the dose as the person gets older;

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I would choose the first possibility, and if the lithium dose is not enough maybe add another fraction of a drug;

Squiggles


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