Amitriptyline Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Laroxyl
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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Headaches | 2 |
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2 | |||
| Depression | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Migraine | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Pain | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Insomnia | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Expense
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1 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 33% |
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Other
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1 | 33% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- spoonless4sure
- Sex: M
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Moderate
- Autonomic: Moderate
- Head: none
- Arms: mild
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: mild
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- spoonless4sure
- 50 mg daily
- since Jun 26, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Pain
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Side Effects
Mild
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Report created on November 21, 2009.