Drugs Used for Bipolar Disorder can Cause Kidney Damage
Drugs that contain lithium used to treat bipolar disorder can cause serious kidney damage. The benefit gained from these drugs, however, outweighs the risks, and scientists at the Sahlgrenska Academy therefore recommend that treatment with lithium-based drugs should continue.Lithium has been used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, since the 1960s. Lithium-based drugs are the most effective agents available to prevent depression and manic behaviour. Subsequent studies have shown that treatment with lithium reduces the risk of suicide, and many patients all