[Confusion caused by dietary supplement lithium orotate]. / Verwarring bij behandelaars door voedingssupplement lithiumorotaat.
Tijdschr Psychiatr
; 59(4): 234-237, 2017.
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| ID: mdl-28421576
ABSTRACT
A 38-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with pelvic inflammatory disease. She had been diagnosed as having a tubo-ovarian abscess, for which antibiotic therapy with metronidazole and levofloxacin was indicated. Because the patient was already taking lithium she was prescribed clindamycin instead of metronidazole, a drug that interacts with lithium. For the same reason, naproxen could not be prescribed to reduce pain. However, the lithium taken by the patient turned out to be a dietary supplement containing lithium orotate which she had obtained via the Internet. Because the serum lithium level proved to be below 0.05 mmol/l clindamycin was still replaced by metronidazole, and naproxen could be started.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Compostos Organometálicos
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Confusão
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Suplementos Nutricionais
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Nl
Ano de publicação:
2017
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