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What is Elatrol?

Elatrol is an international 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 and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 1 0
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) 1 0
Sleep problems 1 0
Insomnia 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
1 100%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
0 0%

Dosages

  37.5 mg daily 75 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Elatrol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Elatrol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Elatrol

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

Stopped Taking Elatrol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 100%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.