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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 417 124 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 375 118 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain 343 101 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 150 54 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep problems 139 47 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 117 49 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1578 patients currently taking Amitriptyline

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 79
Moderate
 133
Mild
 159
None
 181

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amitriptyline

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 75
Weight gain 62
Grogginess 37
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 32
Hangover effect 27
Drowsiness 20
See all 149 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Amitriptyline. See all 62 dosages ►

  10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily
  332 Number of Patients: 332 130 Number of Patients: 130 342 Number of Patients: 342 59 Number of Patients: 59 21 Number of Patients: 21 367 Number of Patients: 367 108 Number of Patients: 108 146 Number of Patients: 146 38 Number of Patients: 38 18 Number of Patients: 18  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amitriptyline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 238   Did not seem to work: 39%
Side effects too severe 226   Side effects too severe: 37%
Doctor's advice 132   Doctor's advice: 22%
Other 96   Other: 16%
Course of treatment ended 25   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Personal research 23   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 14   Not indicated: 2%
Expense 11   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 0%

See all 577 patients who’ve stopped taking Amitriptyline

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Amitriptyline

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

Stopped Taking Amitriptyline

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amitriptyline

Always
 438 79%
Usually
 81 15%
Sometimes
 22 4%
Never
 11 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amitriptyline

Very
 33 6%
Somewhat
 36 7%
A little
 73 13%
Not at all
 410 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amitriptyline

$200+
 1 0%
$100-199
 2 1%
$50-99
 2 1%
$25-49
 7 2%
< $25
 336 97%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.