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What is Pamelor?

This is an antidepressant, a brand of nortriptyline.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 2 0
Pain 2 0
Headaches 1 0
General health 1 1
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 0
Other 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Dosages

  10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pamelor (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Expense
1 33% Expense: 33%
Doctor's advice
1 33% Doctor's advice: 33%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Pamelor

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pamelor

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

Stopped Taking Pamelor

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

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

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 23, 2009.