lithium-chloride and Hyperthyroidism

Efficiency of some drugs in the treatment of periodontitis in combination with corrective treatment of thyroid function was evaluated in 70 patients with hypo- and hyperthyrosis with different initial level of nonspecific resistance. The therapeutic complex including drugs commonly used in the treatment of periodontitis and irrigation of the periodontium with lithium chloride and chlorohexidine solutions was highly effective in patients with thyroid dysfunction and relatively favorable status of nonspecific resistance of the organism. In patients with hypo- and hyperthyrosis with poor nonspecific resistance the best effect in the treatment of periodontitis was attained with potassium orotate as an immunomodulator and lithium chloride.

Topics: Adjuvants, Immunologic; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Chlorhexidine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Lithium Chloride; Male; Middle Aged; Orotic Acid; Periodontitis

The effects of neonatal hyperthyroidism induced by thyroxine injection on the development of unconditioned and learned behaviors mediated by the gustatory system of the rat were investigated. The development of unconditioned ingestive responses evoked by 10% sucrose and 0.1% HCl taste solutions was advanced several days by thyroxine treatment. However, the emergence of taste aversion learning involving 10% sucrose and LiCl injection was not advanced and may have been slightly delayed. Thus, the ontogenesis of unconditioned and learned behaviors mediated by the gustatory system was not influenced uniformly by neonatal thyroxine treatment.

Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Avoidance Learning; Chlorides; Feeding Behavior; Female; Hyperthyroidism; Lithium; Lithium Chloride; Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Taste; Thyroxine; Time Factors