Lithium

Bipolar Disorders

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Over half of...

FDA approves Mylan ANDA for Lithium Carbonate Extended-release tablets

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has received final FDA approval for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Lithium Carbonate Extended-release tablets USP, 300mg.

Mylan introduces Lithium Carbonate Extended-release Tablets USP

Mylan has launched Lithium Carbonate Extended-release Tablets USP, 450 mg following the final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Lithium shows no benefit to MND patients

(Medical Xpress)—Results from a clinical trial into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry show that lithium carbonate is ineffective at treating...

Lithium Safe But Of No Benefit To ALS Patients

A clinical trial concludes that while lithium carbonate appears to be safe, it is ineffective at treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neuron disease (MND) that is also known...

Mylan Launches Lithium Carbonate Extended-Release Tablets USP

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) today announced that its subsidiary Mylan Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Waste silicon gets new life in lithium-ion batteries

Researchers at Rice University and from Belgium have developed a way to make flexible components for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries from discarded silicon. The researchers created forests of nanow...

Mylan Receives FDA OK for Lithium Carbonate Dose

From Associated Press (August 10, 2012) CANONSBURG, Pa. -- Generic drug maker Mylan Inc. said Friday it received Food and Drug Administration approval for another version of Lithobid, a treatment for...

Cosmology: The lithium problem

The theory that predicts how the lightest elements formed after the Big Bang has hitherto failed to explain the amount of cosmic lithium. The detection of interstellar lithium beyond the Milky Way giv...

A new piece in the puzzle of lithium/air batteries: computational study on the chemical stability of propylene carbonate in the presence of lithium peroxide.

The electrolyte role in non-aqueous lithium/air batteries is attracting a lot of attention in several research groups, because of its fundamental importance in producing the appropriate reversible ele...

Mass and charge transport in cyclic carbonates: implications for improved lithium ion battery electrolytes.

The compensated Arrhenius formalism (CAF) is applied to conductivity and diffusion data for a family of cyclic carbonates composed of octylene carbonate, decylene carbonate, undecylene carbonate, and...

Mood-dependent changes of serum lithium concentration in a rapid cycling patient maintained on stable doses of lithium carbonate.

OBJECTIVE: Serum lithium levels may be influenced by mood state. We report on a 58-year-old female patient suffering from rapid cycling bipolar disorder. Her serum lithium levels varied greatly, despi...

A Solid Lithium Electrolyte via Addition of Lithium Isopropoxide to a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Metal Sites.

The uptake of LiO(i)Pr in Mg(2)(dobdc) (dobdc(4-) = 1,4-dioxido-2,5-benzenedicarboxylate) followed by soaking in a typical electrolyte solution leads to the new solid lithium electrolyte Mg(2)(dobdc)Â...

Reactions in the Rechargeable Lithium-O(2) Battery with Alkyl Carbonate Electrolytes.

The nonaqueous rechargeable lithium-O(2) battery containing an alkyl carbonate electrolyte discharges by formation of C(3)H(6)(OCO(2)Li)(2), Li(2)CO(3), HCO(2)Li, CH(3)CO(2)Li, CO(2), and H(2)O at the...