Most Popular Brands: Elavil, Saroten, Apo-amitriptyline (Show all)
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.
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 132 |
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35 |
| Insomnia | 118 |
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29 |
| Other | 104 |
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26 |
| Excess saliva | 74 |
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| Depression | 67 |
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21 |
| Fibromyalgia | 49 |
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15 |
See all 679 patients currently taking Amitriptyline
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Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Amitriptyline. See all 41 dosages ►
| 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 | ||
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114
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136
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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78 | 35% |
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Did not seem to work
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74 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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50 | 23% |
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Other
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41 | 18% |
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Course of treatment ended
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14 | 6% |
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Personal research
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7 | 3% |
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Not indicated
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6 | 3% |
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Expense
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2 | 1% |
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Report created on November 20, 2009.