Posted by SLS on October 10, 2011, at 6:59:51
In reply to Re: Huxley-, posted by morgan miller on October 10, 2011, at 1:54:30
> >If they are lucky. Tell that to my friend who has had her liver destroyed by Lithium.
> How about some hepatic failure or pancretis from Depokate?
>
> This has more to do with the misuse of medication and not the medications themselves. You can take small doses of lithium for the rest of your life and if anything it will be good for you and your brain.
>The truly good physicians make a habit of prescribing sets of blood tests to monitor liver, kidney, and thyroid functions when using these medications. Under these conditions, it is rare that untoward side effects escape detection and prove to be irreversible. It really isn't any different than monitoring for allergic reactions to penicillin using skin tests.
* High dosages of Depakote also require an assay of platelet function.
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