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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insomnia | 6 |
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2 | |||
| Other | 4 |
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2 | |||
| Treat Parkinson's | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Anxiety | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Depression | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 1 |
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1 |
See all 18 patients currently taking Amitriptyline
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 50% |
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Other
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3 | 50% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 17% |
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Personal research
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1 | 17% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- server
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: none
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- server
- 25 mg daily
- since Mar 27, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips just take it, and see if it helps, give it some time, it's not a drug that helps right from the start. See full evaluation
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- Dirty Butter
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- Dirty Butter
- 25 mg daily
- since Oct 01, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips I actually take Triavil, which is a combination of 10mg Amitryptiline and 2 mg Perphen, but there's no way to record this combination drug together. I don't ... See full evaluation
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- parkinohio
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- parkinohio
- 25 mg daily
- since Dec 04, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.