This open-label study will assess if lithium dosages of 30-45mg/day are associated withgreater symptomatic benefit than dosages of 10-15mg/day previously assessed among 50patients with long COVID.
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Dietary Supplement: Lithium
Elemental lithium as lithium aspartate.
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Enrolled from November 2022-July 2023 in lithium long COVID clinical trial at UB.
  2. Reports bothersome fatigue and/or brain fog while not taking lithium or, reports
     satisfactory benefit to these symptoms while taking lithium.
  3. Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score ≥28 or Brain Fog Severity Scale (BFSS) score ≥28
     at baseline or; FSS <28, BFSS <28 and PGIC at Visit 1 of "much improved" or "very
     much improved" while taking lithium.
  4. Did not "respond" to placebo therapy, based on the responder analyses outlined in
     the Preliminary data section above, defined as a ≥18-point reduction FSS or
     ≥15-point reduction in BFSS from baseline to the end-of-double-blind study phase
     while receiving placebo therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Fever or signs of acute infection in last 4 weeks.
  2. COVID vaccine administered within 4 weeks. No change in any psychoactive or steroid
     medications for ≥30 days.
3. Plan to change a psychoactive, steroid or diuretic medication in next 5 weeks.
4. History of heart attack or stroke within the previous year.
  5. Active medical, psychiatric or social problem that would interfere with completing
     the study procedures in the opinion of the investigator.
6. Daily NSAID use.
7. Pregnant or nursing or planning to get pregnant over the next 11 weeks.
UBMD Neurology
Williamsville	5144588, New York	5128638, United States
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