Suggest The Ideal Dosage For Lithium

Posted on Mon, 29 Aug 2016

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Question : Is 1200mg of lithium a normal dose and is it safe to be taken with thyroxin and fluoxetine

Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, it's a normal dose

Detailed Answer:
Hello thanks for asking from HCM

Lithium is a mood stabiliser drug. The normal doses in adults are 600-900 mg per day. These doses should keep level of lithium in therapeutic range. In people with persisting symptoms higher doses are needed. 1200 mg is not a toxic dose. Even few patients of mine are on 1200 mg.

The drug can be used safely with Thyroxin and Fluoxetine. No significant interactions are there.

Thanks. Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (24 minutes later)

Thank you very much

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Answered by Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello again,

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar