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  • Title: Three cases of severe mania successfully treated with high-dosage lithium-carbonate.
    Author: Thau K, Meszaros K, Simhandl C.
    Journal: Pharmacopsychiatry; 1991 May; 24(3):85-8. PubMed ID: 1909797.
    Abstract:
    Three female patients suffering from severe mania, who failed to respond to increasingly high dosages of highly potent neuroleptics, were put on a high-dose regime of lithium carbonate. With rapidly increasing daily doses of lithium carbonate, blood levels of approximately 1.3-1.51 mmol/l were achieved. When high lithium levels had been attained the patients showed a considerable improvement between 75 and 82 percent on the Bech-Rafaelsen Scale. At the same time it proved possible to reduce additional medication. Not toxic effects of lithium carbonate were observed. The consequences for clinical practice (e.g. shortened duration of hospitalization) are discussed.
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