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Discontinued lithium abruptly,with drs orders, would necessarily need it again how long,if at all might symptoms return.trying to monitor things?
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Long Half Life: This medication has a rather long half life (on the order of days) which means that it takes a good week or more for it to wash out of your body if you've been on it for any length of time. By "abruptly" stopping there will still be a slow washout because of these pharmacological properties of the drug.
Answered 9/28/2016
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