Apo-amitriptyline (amitriptyline) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Amitriptyline
What is Apo-amitriptyline?
Apo-amitriptyline is a Canadian brand name for amitriptyline. It 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 & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Insomnia | 2 | 0 | |||||
| pain and depression | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Headaches | 1 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Muscle twitching (fasciculations) | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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4 | 80% |
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Personal research
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1 | 20% |
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Other
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1 | 20% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 20% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Shacato Sun
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Shacato Sun
- 30 mg daily
- since Oct 04, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips If you are not allergic to it it works See full evaluation
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Report created on November 23, 2009.