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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 25 |
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| Other | 16 |
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1 | ||||
| Depression | 15 |
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5 | |
| Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain | 9 |
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3 | ||||
| Awakening due to pain | 8 |
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4 | |
| Anxiety | 6 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Nortriptyline. See all 13 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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13 | 38% |
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Side effects too severe
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9 | 26% |
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Doctor's advice
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8 | 24% |
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Other
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7 | 21% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 6% |
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Expense
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1 | 3% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 3% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- tkvo64
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- tkvo64
- 25 mg daily
- since Nov 17, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
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- Crispo
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- Crispo
- 25 mg daily
- since Jun 24, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips It was worth trying a different medication for depression, what I was on before made me worse not better. This medication was better. I tried stopping taking... See full evaluation
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- wysiwyg
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- wysiwyg
- 25 mg daily
- since Jan 12, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Have taken it for years...doesn't take away the tingling, etc., but I am not constantly aware of it, so it doesn't drive me nuts. Like Clonazepam, don't j... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.