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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.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 9%
Moderate
2 9%
Mild
8 35%
None
11 48%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
5 22%
Hangover effect, next day
2 9%
Blood pressure too high
1 4%
headaches at first
1 4%
Weight gain
1 4%
Phlegm
1 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Amitriptyline. See all 18 dosages ►

  50mg as needed daily 1 tbs. daily 2 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 37 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 70 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 19 Number of Patients: 19 15 Number of Patients: 15 33 Number of Patients: 33 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 35 Number of Patients: 35 2 Number of Patients: 2 15 Number of Patients: 15 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amitriptyline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
10 29% Did not seem to work: 29%
Side effects too severe
10 29% Side effects too severe: 29%
Doctor's advice
8 23% Doctor's advice: 23%
Other
7 20% Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended
2 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research
1 3% Personal research: 3%

See all 35 patients who’ve stopped taking Amitriptyline

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Amitriptyline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
5
4
14
15
33

Stopped Taking Amitriptyline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
5
6
8
7
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
19 83%
Usually
3 13%
Sometimes
1 4%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 4%
Somewhat
1 4%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
21 91%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
18 78%

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

Report created on November 20, 2009.