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A bipolar disorder patient is kept on lithium therapy. As a doctor when are you going to ask the nurse to get serum lithium levels checked ?

A
Immediatly as soon as the last dose given
B
12 hours after the last dose
C
24 hours after the last dose
D
8 hrs after the last dose
High-Yield Explanation
Lithium has been found to decrease both suicide attempts and completed suicides in a patient with bipolar disorder. Extra edge : Only antipsychotic with antisuicide propey : Clozapine

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