Lithobid Cupones y precios

Preguntas frecuentes sobre Lithobid

How much does Lithobid cost without insurance?

Cash-paying customers can expect to pay $919.39 for Lithobid. A SingleCare discount card reduces the cost of Lithobid to $9.00 per 60, 300mg tablets.

How much does Lithobid cost with insurance?

Depending on your insurance plan, the copay cost of Lithobid will vary. However, with a SingleCare savings card, Lithobid costs $9.00. This may be lower than your insurance copay, so it's a good idea to ask your pharmacist to compare your copay cost to your cost with a SingleCare Lithobid coupon before you pay too much for Lithobid.

Does Medicare cover Lithobid and how much does it cost?

Medicare-eligible patients are unlikely to be covered for their Lithobid prescription, but Medicare prescription drug plans usually cover lithium carbonate, the generic alternative. Medicare patients with a prescription for Lithobid can instead use their SingleCare Lithobid coupon to save money. Our free and reusable coupons are accepted at participating like Walmart, Kroger, Fry's, and Harris Teeter pharmacies.

What is the brand name of Lithobid?

Lithobid is a generic brand-name prescription drug with the active ingredient, lithium carbonate. Generic lithium carbonate is manufactured by West-Ward, ANI, Mylan, and other generic manufacturers. Other brand-name lithium drugs are sold as Eskalith and Lithane. Search the SingleCare website or app for the generic version of Lithobid or brand-name alternatives if you need more information or free savings coupons for your prescription.

What is Lithobid?

Lithobid is a brand-name extended-release prescription drug used to treat manic and hypomanic episodes in patients with bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive disorder. Mania is a hyper-excited mental state characterized by high energy, hyperactivity, sleeplessness, rapid speech, grandiosity, disorganized or racing thoughts, aggressiveness, irritability, bad judgment, and risky or self-destructive behaviors. Hypomania is a less excited form of mania.

Lithobid stabilizes mood only in one out of three patients. No-one really understands how the active ingredient in Lithobid, lithium carbonate, works to stabilize mood and why it doesn't work in some patients. Current research on proteins responsible for nerve development, however, seems to point to lithium's action on these proteins as the key to understanding why the drug works.

Lithobid is taken as a tablet.

What are the side effects of Lithobid?

Lithobid has many side effects. As the dosage increases, the number and severity of side effects increase.

Common side effects of Lithobid that occur in a significant percentage of patients include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremor, thirst, and frequent urination. These may last for a few days or throughout treatment. They are less likely to occur with repeated use of Lithobid.

Other adverse effects include, but are not limited to, muscle weakness, lack of coordination, drowsiness, problems walking, problems speaking, blurred vision, and ringing in the ears.

Mental and mood changes include giddiness, memory problems, restlessness, confusion, and hallucinations. Allergic reactions are rare.

This is not a complete list of the Lithobid side effects. Consult with your doctor or pharmacist about possible side effects before taking this medicine.