Editing Lithium chloride (section)

==Precautions==
Lithium salts affect the [[central nervous system]] in a variety of ways. While the [[lithium citrate|citrate]], [[lithium carbonate|carbonate]], and [[lithium orotate|orotate]] salts are currently used to treat [[bipolar disorder]], other [[lithium salts]] including the chloride were used in the past. For a short time in the 1940s lithium chloride was manufactured as a [[salt substitute]] for people with hypertension, but this was prohibited after the toxic effects of the compound ([[tremor|tremors]], [[fatigue]], [[nausea]]) were recognized.<ref name="talbott">{{cite journal
| author= Talbott J. H.
| title = Use of lithium salts as a substitute for sodium chloride
| journal = Arch Intern Med
| year = 1950
| volume = 85
| issue = 1
| pages = 1–10
| pmid = 15398859
| doi=10.1001/archinte.1950.00230070023001}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
| author1= L. J. Stone | author2=M. luton | author3=J. Gilroy
| title = Lithium Chloride as a Substitute for Sodium Chloride in the Diet
| journal = Journal of the American Medical Association
| year = 1949
| volume = 139
| issue = 11
| pages = 688–692
| doi =10.1001/jama.1949.02900280004002
| pmid= 18128981 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | title = Case of trie Substitute Salt | date = 28 February 1949 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799873,00.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070302040542/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799873,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = March 2, 2007}}</ref> It was, however, noted by J. H. Talbott that many symptoms attributed to lithium chloride toxicity may have also been attributable to [[salt deficiency|sodium chloride deficiency]], to the diuretics often administered to patients who were given lithium chloride, or to the patients' underlying conditions.<ref name="talbott" />