{"id":9373,"date":"2012-06-21T05:08:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T05:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cardiophile.org\/common\/?p=8367"},"modified":"2023-05-13T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T07:58:13","slug":"should-lithium-be-stopped-if-bradycardia-occurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/should-lithium-be-stopped-if-bradycardia-occurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Should lithium be stopped if bradycardia occurs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aZU3ldvan9k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Should lithium be stopped if bradycardia occurs?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lithium is a medicine used for treatment of certain disorders psychiatric disorders. It can cause slowing of the heart rate&nbsp; as well as the conduction within the heart and occasionally produce atrioventricular block. This can sometimes be severe enough to need a temporary pacemaker to give artificial electrical signals to the heart. Another mechanism by which lithium can slow down the heart is by hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium can cause reduced function of the thyroid gland known as hypothyroidism. When the thyroid hormone level in the blood is low, heart rate can come down. All these changes are reversible by discontinuing lithium. 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