We have been developing lithium carbonate solution as a vehicle for delivery of uric acid in a research setting. We wished to determine the pharmacokinetics of a single systemic administration of 500 mg lithium carbonate (13.5 mmol free Li(+)) in healthy subjects.
Clinical Pharmacology Unit and Research Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK. s.waring@ed.ac.uk