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What is Nortriptyline?

Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of depression. Off label it is used for chronic pain, anxiety disorders, bedwetting in children, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); and as an adjunctive therapy for smoking cessation.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 97 29 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 94 33 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 87 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine headaches 44 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleeplessness 40 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 31 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 422 patients currently taking Nortriptyline

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 28
Moderate
 43
Mild
 43
None
 51

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Nortriptyline

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 34
Weight gain 15
Constipation 10
Drowsiness 8
Dizziness 6
Sleepiness 5
See all 80 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Nortriptyline. See all 28 dosages ►

  10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 35 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily
  74 Number of Patients: 74 55 Number of Patients: 55 73 Number of Patients: 73 26 Number of Patients: 26 4 Number of Patients: 4 8 Number of Patients: 8 100 Number of Patients: 100 46 Number of Patients: 46 35 Number of Patients: 35 10 Number of Patients: 10  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nortriptyline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 72   Side effects too severe: 40%
Did not seem to work 70   Did not seem to work: 39%
Doctor's advice 45   Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 28   Other: 16%
Personal research 13   Personal research: 7%
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Expense 6   Expense: 3%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 179 patients who’ve stopped taking Nortriptyline

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Nortriptyline

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Nortriptyline

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nortriptyline

Always
 139 84%
Usually
 21 13%
Sometimes
 4 2%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nortriptyline

Very
 7 4%
Somewhat
 7 4%
A little
 22 13%
Not at all
 129 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nortriptyline

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 3%
< $25
 102 97%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.