A bipolar disorder patient is kept on lithium therapy. As a doctor when are you going to ask the nurse to get serum lithium levels checked ?: (A) Immediatly as soon as the last dose given, (B) 12 hours after the last dose, (C) 24 hours after the last dose, (D) 8 hrs after the last dose
Answer is B. Lithium has been found to decrease both suicide attempts and completed suicides in a patient with bipolar disorder. Extra edge : Only antipsychotic with antisuicide propey : Clozapine