LITHIOTHERAPY AND DRINKING-WATER

Main causes of failure and giving up in psychotropic lithiotherapics b ecause of instable lithiemy to the same patient or functional acute re nal insufficiency, are principaly mistaken diets, those mistaken conce rning the amount the quality and the way of taking drinkingwater and o ther beverages. Lithium salt, taken either in tow times, morning and e vening, or in one, must be absorbed at the end of a solid meal with at least 25 cl. of water. The patient must absorb at least 1.5 l. of wat er per day, and up to 3 l. in case of physical efforts or heat. The pH of this water and it ionic compound should be stable, as close as pos sible to the plasma's, without additives that could change its taste. This includes cooking water and infusions. Physicopharmacological expl anations.