Adverse drug reaction of the month
Asthma precipitated by cessation of lithium treatment
R P Convery, D J Hendrick, S J Bourke
Department of
Respiratory Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK
Correspondence to: Dr RP Convery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside L35 5DR, UK
Accepted 14 May 1999
We report symptomatic asthma, associated with objective and
highly significant increases in both airway responsiveness and airflow
limitation, presenting de novo in a male
patient 6 weeks after suddenly discontinuing lithium carbonate therapy.
Keywords: adverse drug reaction; asthma; lithium
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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