Posted by ed_uk on December 15, 2004, at 12:18:57
In reply to Re: After the appointment » ed_uk, posted by tensor on December 15, 2004, at 12:00:34
From the British National Formulary.... Btw, if there is a Finnish equivalent to the BNF it would be worth getting a copy because a formulary tells you all the drugs which are available in a particular country. Maybe you've got a Finnish National Formulary.
Lithium.
Side-effects: gastro-intestinal disturbances, fine tremor, renal impairment (particularly impaired urinary concentration and polyuria), polydipsia, leucocytosis; also weight gain and oedema (may respond to dose reduction); hyperparathyroidism and hypercalcaemia reported; signs of intoxication are blurred vision, increasing gastro-intestinal disturbances (anorexia, vomiting, diarrhoea), muscle weakness, increased CNS disturbances (mild drowsiness and sluggishness increasing to giddiness with ataxia, coarse tremor, lack of co-ordination, dysarthria), and require withdrawal of treatment; with severe overdosage (serum-lithium concentration above 2 mmol/litre) hyperreflexia and hyperextension of limbs, convulsions, toxic psychoses, syncope, renal failure, circulatory failure, coma, and occasionally, death; goitre, raised antidiuretic hormone concentration, hypothyroidism, hypokalaemia, ECG changes, exacerbation of psoriasis, and kidney changes may also occur.
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