Editing Lithium citrate (section)

== History ==
Lithium citrate was one of the lithium salts used to add lithium to drinks and water ([[lithia water]]) in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, when there was a general health craze for lithium with it believed to be a cure-all.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lithium: Proving Its Mettle for 50 Years |journal=JAMA |date=23 June 1999 |volume=281 |issue=24 |pages=2271 |doi=10.1001/jama.281.24.2271}}</ref> The [[soft drink]] [[7_Up#History|7Up]] was at one point named "7Up Lithiated Lemon Soda" when it was formulated in 1929 because it claimed to contain lithium citrate. The beverage was a [[patent medicine]] marketed as a cure for [[hangover]]. In 1936 the federal government forced the manufacturer to remove a number of health claims, and because "lithium was not an actual ingredient", the name was changed to just "7 Up" in 1937.<ref name=lockhard>{{Cite journal |last1=Lockhart |first1=Bill |last2=Brown |first2=Bob |date=2024 |title=The Seven-Up Company and 7-Up Bottles The Real Story: A Look at the Myths, the Mystery, and the Magic |url=https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/7-UpStudy1.pdf |journal=Society for Historical Archaeology}} [https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/7-UpStudy2.pdf Chapter 1] [https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/7-UpStudy2.pdf Chapter 2]</ref>{{rp|&sect;2}} Many sources repeat an incorrect version of the story where the name is "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" and the removal happened in 1948 due to a [[Food and Drug Administration]] ban.<ref name="gielen 3">{{Cite book | last = Gielen | first = Marcel | author2 = Edward R. T. Tiekink | title = Metallotherapeutic drugs and metal-based diagnostic agents: The use of metals in medicine | url = https://archive.org/details/metallotherapeut00giel | url-access = limited | publisher = John Wiley and Sons | year = 2005 | page = [https://archive.org/details/metallotherapeut00giel/page/n92 3] | isbn = 0-470-86403-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/4231522/7up-lithium-chemical-reaction/ | title=Here's the Gross Thing That Happens when You Mix 7-Up with Lithium | publisher= Time, Inc. | date=2016-02-20 | access-date= 2024-12-11}}</ref>

Lithium citrate is used as a mood stabilizer and is used to treat [[mania]], [[hypomania]], [[Depression (mood)|depression]] and [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=PubChem |title=Lithium citrate |url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/13520 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref> It can be administered orally in the form of a syrup.<ref name=":0" />