Lithium Use, but Not Valproate Use, Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Older Adults With Mental Illness.

CONCLUSIONS: Lithium is independently associated with an almost 2-fold increase in CKD risk in this community sample of older mental health service users. In the absence of clear information about certain contributing factors, such as inadequate monitoring and acute and chronic lithium level elevations, causes for this increase will need to be determined in future research. PMID: 28767208 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: J Clin Psychiatry Source Type: research