Nortriptyline Treatment Report
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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| Depression | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Treat Parkinson's | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Excess saliva | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Peripheral Neuropathy | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Migraine Headaches | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Anxiety | 1 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 60% |
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Other
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1 | 20% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 20% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Bullydawg3
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- Bullydawg3
- 20 mg daily
- since Aug 30, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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- shellcrow
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: none
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- shellcrow
- 25 mg daily
- since Sep 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Constipation was a very large problem, not worth the value of the med. Did not like weight gain either which was slight, but nevertheless noted almost right ... See full evaluation
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- wildforest
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- wildforest
- 10 mg daily
- since Nov 09, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
See all 3 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.