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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Posts: 3,093
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Grand Magnate
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Posts: 3,093
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Hi Ripplegirl99
The therapeutic:toxic ratio of lithium as treatment for Bipolar Disorder is quite narrow.
That means that too little won't help and too much is potentially toxic.
I suggest that you encourage your friend to get her doctor to arrange for regular measurements of her blood lithium levels (frequently if she has only been on it for a short time, less frequently if she has been on it for a while).
Depending on the results of those measurements, it may be necessary to change her lithium dose up or down, keeping its blood level in the therapeutic range.
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