Lithium: The Basics

Today, we're covering the recent FDA approval of a new Olanzapine long-acting injectable - Weltruza.References: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41632432/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42198294/https://www.tevapharm.com/news-and-media/latest-news/new-long-term-safety-data-from-th ...  Show more

Welcome back, everyone! We’re back after PRITE, and today we’re discussing pharmacogenetic testing. 

Welcome to PsychEd — the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode is an introduction to the use and monitoring of lithium in bipolar disorder. Join Tingting Yan (CC4) and Dr. Alex Raben (staff psychiatrist at CAMH and lecturer at the University o ...  Show more

This podcast reviews the pharmaceutical class lithium salts. Drug action and a mnemonic for common side-effects are presented. 

In the final episode of our psychopharmacology basics series, we are going to discuss commonly used mood stabilizers including lithium, valproic acid, lamotrigine, carbamazepine, and oxcarbazepine. What conditions are they used for? How do they work? What are their side effect pr ...  Show more