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What is Nortriptyline?

Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of depression. Off label it is used for chronic pain, anxiety disorders, bedwetting in children, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); and as an adjunctive therapy for smoking cessation.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 81 25 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 79 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 76 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleeplessness 40 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine headaches 39 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 31 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 389 patients currently taking Nortriptyline

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 25
Moderate
 40
Mild
 41
None
 48

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 30
Weight gain 13
Constipation 9
Drowsiness 8
Dizziness 6
Morning sleepiness 5
See all 73 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Nortriptyline. See all 28 dosages ►

  daily 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
  4 Number of Patients: 4 72 Number of Patients: 72 44 Number of Patients: 44 69 Number of Patients: 69 27 Number of Patients: 27 8 Number of Patients: 8 86 Number of Patients: 86 38 Number of Patients: 38 36 Number of Patients: 36 10 Number of Patients: 10  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nortriptyline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 66   Did not seem to work: 39%
Side effects too severe 65   Side effects too severe: 39%
Doctor's advice 43   Doctor's advice: 26%
Other 26   Other: 15%
Personal research 12   Personal research: 7%
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Expense 5   Expense: 3%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 167 patients who’ve stopped taking Nortriptyline

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

Currently Taking Nortriptyline

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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 Nortriptyline

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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 Nortriptyline

Always
 128 83%
Usually
 20 13%
Sometimes
 5 3%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nortriptyline

Very
 7 5%
Somewhat
 6 4%
A little
 19 12%
Not at all
 122 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nortriptyline

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 3%
< $25
 97 97%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.