Drug Safety Information for LITHIUM CITRATE (Lithium citrate)

Safety-related Labeling Changes for LITHIUM CITRATE (LITHIUM CITRATE) Rx Drug: FDA Link

Adverse Drug Reactions for LITHIUM CITRATE* (Lithium citrate)

These charts and graphs are based on reports received through the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) program (see below).

Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with LITHIUM CITRATE
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Toxicity to various agents19
2Dyspnoea18
3Drug interaction17
4Fall16
5Constipation16
6Hypertension15
7Weight increased*14
8Confusional state12
9Neuroleptic malignant syndrome12
10Pyrexia12
11Dizziness11
12Tremor11
13Urinary tract infection11
14Renal failure acute11
15Rhabdomyolysis10
16Renal failure10
17Depression10
18Cardiac hypertrophy10
19Hepatic cirrhosis10
20Lactic acidosis10

* This side effect also appears in "Top 10 Side Effects of LITHIUM CITRATE " in the drug's Review Summary based on AskaPatient reviews.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking LITHIUM CITRATE
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Schizoaffective disorder217
2Bipolar disorder209
3Product used for unknown indication120
4Depression*28
5Anxiety13
6Bipolar i disorder12
7Acute lymphocytic leukaemia12
8Adjuvant therapy12
9Post-traumatic stress disorder9
10Mood altered8

*Also a top-10 reason in AskaPatient Review Summary.


Types of Adverse Events for LITHIUM CITRATE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 1135


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for LITHIUM CITRATE

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 1135*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Lithium citrate (Litarex, Lithium citrate)

Charts are based on 1135 reports filed with the FDA between 2004 and June 2015.

Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers), health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and by patients themselves (voluntary reporting). More Information on FDA MedWatch (FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)Voluntary reporting takes place under the FDA's MedWatch program, where health care professionals and consumers submit reports to FDA when they find a problem with a drug, medical device, biologic, or other FDA-regulated product. An adverse event is any undesirable experience or extreme side effect associated with the use of a medical product. Adverse events include: death, life threatening event, hospitalization, disability or permanent damage, congenital anomaly or birth defect, medical product use requiring a surgical or other intervention, or other serious medical situation believed to be caused by the drug.

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Historical Analytics of FDA Adverse Event Reports Provided by Druginformer.com. FDA Drug Safety Information, including safety-related labeling updates, required post-approval safety studies, risk evaluation management strategies (REMS), alerts, and recalls are compiled by AskaPatient.com from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.