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		buddhiajuke on Oct 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: From its name to its drug interactions, there’s a ... We pretty much did binary search to find my lithium levels. The lethal concentration of lithium is very close to the therapeutic range, but we couldn’t afford to spend long on low doses (since you have to take blood tests to assess effective dosages.)

krageon on Oct 8, 2020 [–]

If you keep a good diary you can limit the blood tests to 1-2 times per year and assess therapeutic effect using self-reporting.

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