Posted by PeterMartin on July 20, 2022, at 13:10:41
In reply to Re: lithium, posted by PeterMartin on July 20, 2022, at 13:08:35
Oh, and there are a few studies that have found it might be helpful at treating, and also preventing Covid:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35496309/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35364381/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35318909/
Abstract for the last one (re: infection):
Association between serum lithium level and incidence of COVID-19 infection
Abstract
An antiviral effect of lithium has been proposed, but never investigated for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Using electronic health records of 26 554 patients with documented serum lithium levels during the pandemic, we show that the 6-month COVID-19 infection incidence was lower among matched patients with 'therapeutic' (0.50-1.00) versus 'subtherapeutic' (0.05-0.50) lithium levels (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.82, 95% CI 0.69-0.97, P = 0.017) and among patients with 'therapeutic' lithium levels versus matched patients using valproate (HR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.67-0.92, P = 0.0023). Lower rates of infection were observed for both new COVID-19 diagnoses and positive polymerase chain reaction tests, regardless of underlying psychiatric diagnosis and vaccination status.
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