What is Camcolit 250mg?
Camcolit is a medication containing Lithium carbonate, used in the prevention and treatment of mania and hypomania, as a mood stabilizer in bipolar affective disorder (manic depression), treatment of recurrent depression, and self-harming behavior.
What type of medication is Camcolit 250mg?
Camcolit 250mg is a lithium carbonate-containing medicine that belongs to a class of medicines known as mood stabilizers.
How does Camcolit 250mg work?
Although, it’s not fully understood how lithium works as a mood stabilizer, but it’s thought to modify the production of neurotransmitters in the brain.
Who cannot use Camcolit 250mg?
People with or in any of the following conditions should not use Camcolit:
- Decreased kidney function
- Heart disease
- Breastfeeding
- Addison’s disease
- People with low blood sodium
- Untreated hypothyroidism
- Children under 12 years of age.
What Are The Side Effects of Camcolit 250 mg
Possible side effects of Camcolit include – but are not limited to:
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
- Thirst
- Vomiting
- Shaking hands
- Increased urine production.
- Edema
- Sudden weight gain
- Muscle weakness
- Dizziness
- Decreased kidney function
- Hypothyroidism
- Worsened psoriasis
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- Sexual problems
- Memory problems
How to withdraw from mood stabilizers
It is important to work with your doctors to come up with a plan on how to come off most stabilizers. NICE guidelines recommend gradually reducing your dose over 4 week period to 3 months, to lower the risk of relapse. There are no known physical withdrawal symptoms with lithium.
Where can I buy Camcolit 250mg in Nigeria?
Camcolit 250 mg is available on Nigeria’s largest online pharmacy – drugstore.ng – and you can get it when you click here.
