Lithium salts refer to salts containing lithium. Lithium is a trace element, there is no free lithium in nature, and it is usually a monovalent cation. In the 1940s, cade successfully used lithium salts to treat mania for the first time. In fact, only lithium salts were used as antimanic drugs, and lithium carbonate was commonly used.
In the 1940s, Cade successfully used lithium salts to treat mania for the first time. In the 1960s, Schou improved the lithium salt treatment method through a lot of research, and it has been widely used since then. Medicinal preparations are mainly lithium carbonate tablets and capsules, in addition to lithium citrate syrup, lithium acetate and lithium bromide. Other drugs used for mania include antipsychotics (such as chlorpromazine, haloperidol, and clozapine), anticonvulsants (such as carbamazepine, sodium valproate, etc.), calcium ion antagonists (such as isotopes). Bactin, etc.), but they should not be classified as antimanic drugs according to their main uses.