Lithiumdrug info

lithium citrate 60 MG/ML Oral Solution

What it is used for

Lithium is a mood-stabilizing agent indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of bipolar I disorder: Treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes in patients 7 years and older Maintenance treatment in patients 7 years and older Lithium is a mood-stabilizing agent indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of bipolar I disorder: Treatment of acute manic and mixed episodes in patients 7 years and older Maintenance treatment in patients 7 years and older

Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 24, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.

Description

Each 5 mL of solution for oral administration contains lithium ion (Li + ), 8 mEq (equivalent to amount of lithium in 300 mg of lithium carbonate), alcohol 0.3% v/v and the following other inactive ingredients: citric acid, purified water, artificial cherry flavor, sodium benzoate and sorbitol solution. May also contain sodium hydroxide for pH adjustment. Lithium oral solution, USP is a palatable oral dosage form of lithium ion. It is prepared in solution from trilithium citrate tetrahydrate and citric acid in a ratio approximately di-lithium citrate. Lithium is an element of the alkali-metal group with atomic number 3, atomic weight 6.94, and an emission line at 671 nm on the flame photometer. The empirical formula for Lithium Citrate is C 6 H 5 Li 3 O 7; molecular weight 209.93. Lithium acts as an antimanic.

Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective August 24, 2026. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.

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