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Lithium is approved for the treatment of bipolar disorder. Sometimes, lithium is prescribed to treat conditions for which it is not an FDA-approved treatment, which are called "off-label" uses. These uses may not be approved for a variety of reasons - they may have greater side effects, or the efficacy of treatment may not yet be proven.
Lithium is used off-label to treat the following diseases:
- Depression
- Graves' disease
- Migraine headaches
- Cluster headaches
- Agitation
- Neutropenia, or low white blood cell count
- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, or SIADH, which causes abnormal blood sodium level
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