Abstract
Lithium-induced asymptomatic dose-related elevation of serum creatine kinase: a case report
Highlights
Dear Editor, Lithium has many adverse effects limiting its prescription[1]
Psychiatric patients with remarkable Creatine kinase (CK) elevations commonly indicate to two life-threatening physical conditions, rhabdomyolysis and neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS)
Lithium use is related to rhabdomyolysis and NMS2-4, but the association of lithium and asymptomatic CK elevation had not been reported
Summary
Dear Editor, Lithium has many adverse effects limiting its prescription[1]. Creatine kinase (CK) is released when skeletal muscle cells are damaged. Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Department of Psychiatry, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Psychiatric patients with remarkable CK elevations commonly indicate to two life-threatening physical conditions, rhabdomyolysis and neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).
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