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Posted by linkadge on August 9, 2010, at 20:06:02
I was wondering. In recent years, lithium has become quite in demand in the industrial world. How does this, or will this affect the psychiatric supply of lithium?
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Posted by Christ_empowered on August 9, 2010, at 21:09:00
In reply to Is the lithium supply ok, posted by linkadge on August 9, 2010, at 20:06:02
There's some concern over having enough for batteries
http://flashlightnews.org/story582.shtml
The article didn't mention any problems w/ the psychiatric drug supply, but who knows? Maybe prices will go up? Maybe docs will just use depakote and/or the atypicals more?
Posted by Phillipa on August 10, 2010, at 0:02:41
In reply to Is the lithium supply ok, posted by linkadge on August 9, 2010, at 20:06:02
Is it really the same? Phillipa
Posted by linkadge on August 10, 2010, at 16:18:38
In reply to Re: Is the lithium supply ok » linkadge, posted by Phillipa on August 10, 2010, at 0:02:41
The techno-sector can just bugger off if they think they will displace the psychiatric community onto depakote.
It simply does not work as well for many people, not to mention the 20 fold elevated suicide risk when people come off it.
I think we need to prioritize.
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Posted by ed_uk2010 on August 11, 2010, at 16:02:50
In reply to found this, posted by Christ_empowered on August 9, 2010, at 21:09:00
>Maybe prices will go up?
Could do, but it's still relatively inexpensive at the moment.
Posted by linkadge on August 11, 2010, at 20:40:23
In reply to Re: found this, posted by ed_uk2010 on August 11, 2010, at 16:02:50
I know many patients take lithium simply because its the one that works and they can afford it.
There are many bipolars who do well on lithium who simply would not be able to afford higher priced alternatives, or higher priced lithium. They'd probably just stop taking it and commit suicide.
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Posted by ed_uk2010 on August 12, 2010, at 9:48:27
In reply to Re: found this, posted by linkadge on August 11, 2010, at 20:40:23
Definitely, lithium is very cheap compared with drugs like Zyprexa and Abilify. It's the blood tests which cost the money.
The prices paid by the UK National Health Service for lithium products are as follows:
Priadel 200mg tablets, £2.30 for 100 tablets
Priadel 400mg tablets, £3.35 for 100 tablets
Camcolit 250mg tabs, £3.09 for 100 tablets
Camcolit 400mg tabs, £4.13 for 100 tabletsCompare this with Zyprexa and there's a big difference!
Posted by linkadge on August 12, 2010, at 18:58:41
In reply to Re: found this » linkadge, posted by ed_uk2010 on August 12, 2010, at 9:48:27
Blood tests in Canada are free. When I got to a theraputic level (when I was on it) we only did blood tests once every 4-6 months or so.
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Posted by ed_uk2010 on August 13, 2010, at 6:27:03
In reply to Re: found this » linkadge, posted by ed_uk2010 on August 12, 2010, at 9:48:27
Blood tests are free here too. What I meant is that they still have to be paid for by the Health Service, and so they increase the overall cost of lithium treatment.
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