LITHIUM
Lithium Adverse Events Reported to the FDA Over Time
How are Lithium adverse event reports trending over time?
This graph shows volume of adverse events submitted to the FDA by quarter for Lithium, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients. Adverse events are counted if Lithium is flagged as the suspect drug causing the adverse event.
Most Common Lithium Adverse Events Reported to the FDA
What are the most common Lithium adverse events reported to the FDA?
| Therapeutic Agent Toxicity | 601 (2.3%) |
| Tremor | 525 (2.01%) |
| Drug Interaction | 477 (1.82%) |
| Confusional State | 337 (1.29%) |
| Completed Suicide | 299 (1.14%) |
| Drug Ineffective | 264 (1.01%) |
| Renal Failure Acute | 259 (.99%) |
| Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome | 253 (.97%) |
| Vomiting | 241 (.92%) |
| Somnolence | 240 (.92%) |
| Diarrhoea | 222 (.85%) |
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This graph shows the top adverse events submitted to the FDA for Lithium, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients, from Q1 2004 to Q3 2012. Adverse events are counted if Lithium is flagged as a suspect drug causing the adverse event. For each adverse event listed, percent (%) represents percentage of the adverse event to all adverse events reported for the drug. Percent does not represent a rate related to drug utilization.
Adverse Event Categories for Lithium
What are the most common Lithium adverse events reported to the FDA?
| Neurological | 2301 (8.79%) |
| Movement Disorders | 1061 (4.05%) |
| Chemical Injury And Poisoning | 947 (3.62%) |
| Therapeutic And Nontherapeutic Effe... | 929 (3.55%) |
| Renal Disorders | 857 (3.27%) |
| Cardiac Arrhythmias | 717 (2.74%) |
| Gastrointestinal Signs | 716 (2.73%) |
| Suicidal And Self-injurious Behavio... | 663 (2.53%) |
| Medication Errors | 608 (2.32%) |
| Deliria | 591 (2.26%) |
| Toxicology And Therapeutic Drug Mon... | 572 (2.18%) |
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This graph shows the top categories of adverse events submitted to the FDA for Lithium, as well as related generic and/or brandname drugs containing the same primary active ingredients, from Q1 2004 to Q3 2012. Adverse events are counted if Lithium is flagged as a suspect drug causing the adverse event. For each adverse event listed, percent (%) represents percentage of the adverse event to all adverse events reported for the drug. Percent does not represent a rate related to drug utilization.
Common Uses of Lithium According to Those Reporting Adverse Events
Why are people taking Lithium, according to those reporting adverse events to the FDA?
| Bipolar Disorder | 2367 |
| Drug Use For Unknown Indication | 576 |
| Depression | 500 |
| Bipolar I Disorder | 490 |
| Product Used For Unknown Indication | 455 |
| Schizoaffective Disorder | 283 |
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Lithium Case Reports
What Lithium safety concerns are being reported by doctors and researchers in the medical literature?
About Results
This report contains aggregated drug side effects and adverse events for Lithium. The data has been pulled from the United States Food and Drug Administration's (US FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), a database containing more than 4,000,000 adverse event reports.
DrugCite expands your query using the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) to include generic drugs and primary active ingredients. While the core of DrugCite's advanced drug filtering algorithm is based on the industry standard UMLS, DrugCite's proprietary filtering system also includes dozens of additional steps to reconcile malformed drug names in the FDA's data.
DrugCite only counts a drug if the submitter of the adverse event indicates that the drug is suspected to have caused the adverse event.
Depending on how the data is aggregated, different counts may occur. When someone submits an adverse event to the FDA, the submitter can attribute multiple adverse events to one or more drugs. For example, an individual taking Paxil could submit the adverse events "anxiety" and "suicidal ideation" for the same individual safety report (ISR). This means when DrugCite aggregates by adverse event, two distinct adverse events are counted in the adverse event graph; once for "anxiety" and again for "suicidal ideation". However, when DrugCite aggregates by individual safety reports irrespective of the details of the adverse events contained within the safety report, the report is only counted once.
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