A member asked:

I take lithium for 4 months. now have high wbc count. should lithium be blamed and it discontinued or other testing in order? thanks

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Dr. Andrew Ho answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

This is a well-known: Effect of lithium. Your doctor should be able to tell you this. Here is one of many scientific papers that describe this lithium effect: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pmc/articles/pmc2571901 also, in most cases, there is no reason to stop lithium because of high WBC count.

Answered 9/28/2016

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