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リチウムの毒性プロファイル:体系的なレビューとメタ解析
Rebecca F McKnight1, Marc Adida, Katie Budge
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|January 24, 2012
まとめ
気分障害に対するリチウム治療は,尿の濃度,甲状腺機能,体重に影響を与える可能性があります. 腎機能の低下は最小限であり,末期腎不全のリスクは低いが,定期的なカルシウムモニタリングが推奨される.
科学分野:
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- ネフロロジーはネフロロジーを用います.
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
- 精神科医は精神病を患っている.
背景:
- リチウムは,気分障害に対する重要な治療法です.
- リチウムの安全性プロファイルに関する懸念も存在します.
- 副作用の証拠を合成するために,体系的なレビューが必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- リチウムの臨床的に有益で体系的な毒性プロファイルを提供するため.
- リチウムの有害作用に関する証拠を合成するために.
- リチウムの腎臓,甲状腺,副甲状腺機能,体重,およびテロゲニシティへの影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- ランダム化制御試験と観察研究の体系的レビューとメタ解析.
- 電子データベース,雑誌,参考書,教科書,会議要約などで検索した.
- リチウムで治療された気分障害患者の研究を含み,腎臓,甲状腺,副甲状腺機能,体重変化,皮膚/髪の疾患,およびテロジェニック性を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 尿路の集中能力の低下 (p<0,0001).
- 甲状腺機能低下症 (OR 5.78,p=0.001) と甲状腺機能不全症 (p<0.0001) のリスクが高まっている.
- 体重増加 (OR 1.89,p=0.002) と関連しており,腎不全の絶対リスクは低い (0.5%).
結論:
- リチウムは,尿の集中能力の低下,甲状腺機能低下症,甲状腺機能不全症,体重増加と関連しています.
- 臨床的に有意な腎機能の低下は,ほとんどの患者では起こりそうではなく,腎不全のリスクは低い.
- カルシウムのレベルは監視されるべきであり,妊娠中のリスクは慎重に考慮する必要があります.
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