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Amitriptyline Treatment Report

Brand Names: Elavil, Saroten, Apo-amitriptyline, Endep, Laroxyl, Tryptizol, Sarotex, Elatrol, Trepiline, Amineurin

What is Amitriptyline? Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant approved for the treatment of depression. Off label amitripyline is used for certain chronic and neuropathic (nerve) pain and for prevention of migraine headaches.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

880 patients in the community are taking or have taken Amitriptyline.

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Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Pain 120 13%
Insomnia 110 12%
Other 99 11%
Excess saliva 68 7%
Depression 45 5%
Fibromyalgia 36 4%
Emotional lability 33 3%
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 26 2%
Anxiety 21 2%
Treat my mood condition(s) 13 1%
Headaches 13 1%
Migraine Headaches 12 1%
Fatigue 10 1%
disease-related symptoms 9 1%
Sleep problems 9 1%
General health 9 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Amitriptyline.

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All (Show top 10)

  100 mg all the time (24/7) 100mg as needed 10mg as needed 10mg/mL as needed 25 mg as needed 25mg as needed 50mg as needed 5 mg as needed daily 0.5 mg daily 1 tbs. daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 5 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 10 other daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 24 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 35 mg daily 37 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mcg daily 50 mg daily 70 mg daily 75 mg daily 75 mg one time 80 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 225 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 750 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 117 Number of Patients: 117 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 41 Number of Patients: 41 1 Number of Patients: 1 131 Number of Patients: 131 24 Number of Patients: 24 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 149 Number of Patients: 149 3 Number of Patients: 3 43 Number of Patients: 43 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 78 Number of Patients: 78 11 Number of Patients: 11 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Amitriptyline or how long patients were taking Amitriptyline before stopping.

Currently Taking Amitriptyline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
12
25
53
85
68
152

Stopped Taking Amitriptyline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
35
39
35
32
22
47
Why Patients Stopped Taking Amitriptyline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 81 37% Side effects too severe: 37%
Did not seem to work 79 36% Did not seem to work: 36%
Doctor's advice 54 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 42 19% Other: 19%
Course of treatment ended 14 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research 7 3% Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 5 2% Not indicated: 2%
Expense 2 1% Expense: 1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 161 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 37% 10
Moderate 44% 12
Slight 7% 2
None 4% 1
Can't tell 7% 2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 15% 24
Moderate 22% 35
Mild 30% 49
None 33% 53

Top reported side-effects include: dry mouth, Makes me groggy during the day, Weight gain

Summary results are based on 161 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 161)

  • JesswithMS
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • JesswithMS
  • by JesswithMS
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Nerve pain (neuropathic pain)
Advice/Tips
Be cautious in upping your dosage and if you feel it is not really working ask to be switched instead of increasing your dosage.

  • lizupatree
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: mild
  • lizupatree
  • by lizupatree
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Pain
Advice/Tips
When I first took this, it made me so fatigued I couldn't lift my head off the pillow until noon. I wanted to quit, but could not risk the burning pain returning. The fatigue from the meds disappeared completely by week #2.

See all evaluation results for Amitriptyline

Report created on November 07, 2009.