Lithium
Is it safe to take medicine during pregnancy?
Some medicines are safe to take during pregnancy, but many are not. If you're pregnant, check with your health care provider before taking any medicine. Some medicines can harm your developing fetus. This includes:
- Prescription drugs
- Over-the-counter medicines
- Herbs and supplements
Always talk to your provider before you stop or start any medicine. You may take medicine to treat a health problem you had before pregnancy. Not using the medicine that you need may be more harmful to you and your fetus than using the medicine. For example, many pregnant women take prescription medicines for health problems like diabetes, asthma, seizures, and heartburn. The decision about whether to take a certain medicine should depend on the risks and benefits that go with it. You and your provider should make this choice together.
Can I take vitamins during pregnancy?If you're pregnant, you shouldn't take regular vitamins. They may have too much or too little of the vitamins you need. For example, everyone needs folic acid, a type of B vitamin. But if you're trying to get pregnant, it's really important. Getting enough folic acid before and during pregnancy can prevent birth defects of the brain or spine. During your prenatal care visits, your provider will talk about prenatal vitamins. These are a special kind of vitamin to take during pregnancy.
Food and Drug Administration
Physician's Materia Medica on Lithium
Antiseptic; a stimulant expectorant; renders the urine acid, hence useful in chronic cystitis; said to be as efficient in rheumatism as Salicylic Acid. Used internally in chronic bronchitis and in later stages of gonorrhea. A constituent of Paregoric, q. v. Dose, as an expectorant 0.015 to 0.030 Grm. (% to % gr.), as an antilithic, 0.6 to 1.3 Grm. (10 to 20 grs.). Sodium or Lithium Benzoates are commonly used in urinary af fections in preference to the free acid. Sodium Benzoate is a solvent for1
a. Salicyi iC Acid . An energetic antiseptic with comparatively little poisonous action; inhibits fermentation; used chiefi y in rheuma tism, the free acid acting more powerfully than its salts (e. g. sodium salicylate) but more liable to cause gastric irritation. Dose (in rheu matism) 0.6 to 1.3 Grm. (10 to 20 grs.) four to six times a day. b. Ammonium Salicylate. Properties of Salicylic Acid with some stimulating action. Dose, 0.3 to 1.3 Grm. (5 to 20 grs.). c. Lithium Salicylate. Combines the1
The compounds of LITHIUM are used in medicine in preference to corresponding salts of other allgaline bases because the atomic weight of the element is much lower than that of any other metal, nence the dose required is smaller to produce the same effects, when that is due to the acid constituent (e. g. lithium bromide, lithium salicylate). Lithium further forms with uric acid soluble salts, hence the carbonate and compounds like the citrate which are converted into carbonate in the system, are 1
Each fluidrachm contains the active constituents of one ounce of fresh corn silk together with Lithium Benzoate, 1 1/2 grs. and Lithium Salicylate, 1 1/2 grs. It is especially useful in cases where uric acid is present in the system in excess. Dose, 4 c. c. (a fluidrachm).1