Lithium Carbonate
Lithium Carbonate is used to both treat and prevent:
- mania - a mental illness characterised by abnormal excitability and instability
- depression - a mental illness characterised by feelings of severe sadness and unworthiness
- manic depression - a mental illness which alternates between attacks of mania and depression
Your doctor may have prescribed Lithium Carbonate Capsules for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why Lithium Carbonate Capsules have been prescribed for you.
Lithium Carbonate Capsules are a prescription only medicine.
For more information you can access the Medsafe links below.
For consumers:
http://medsafe.govt.nz/Consumers/cmi/l/LithiumCarbonate.htm
For healthcare professionals:
http://medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/l/Lithiumcarbonatecap.pdf
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