Changes in the thyroid function during treatment of psychiatric disorders using lithium salts
Aiello, A.; Barone, G.; Cristofaro, M.; Vendittelli, N.; Carrozza, F.; Buongusto, G.; Carile, L.
La Clinica Terapeutica 133(3): 173-175
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9074 PMID: 2142905 Document Number: 354520
Lithium, a monovalent cation used mainly in the management of certain psychiatric disorders, appears to act on thyroid function and to interfere with T3 and T4 secretion. The authors have followed 10 patients treated with lithium salts for two years and have monitored some parameters of thyroid function. Clinical and laboratory signs of hypothyroidism appeared in one case and subsided after withdrawal of lithium treatment.