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137 patient evaluations for Amitriptyline

  • Sagen
    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 2 stars
    MS: 38 yrs
    Mentor
    Type: Progressive Relapsing
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
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Purpose: Sleep problems (Started Dec 07, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Dec 17, 2008 100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Dec 07, 2008 100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
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  • 3.14
    Sex: M
    Data Quality: 0 stars
    Pain: Little
    Fatigue: None
    Sleep: None
    Stiffness: Most
    function: All
    external_stress: Little
    Stickman: little
    Description:M31y
    FM:12y Dx
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Purposes: Fibromyalgia, Nerve pain (neuralgia), and Sleep problems (Started Jan 01, 2000)
Date Dosage Fibromyalgia Perceived effectiveness Nerve pain (neuralgia) Perceived effectiveness Sleep problems Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 11, 2010 30 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default MildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Oct 11, 2010
Advice & Tips
I think the effect may be less significant than specialists say, however, I would advise anyone with FMS to take it until all symptoms are managed/gone. The only effect I can attribute for sure is that after I began taking it, I could form a thought in the first minute of my day. Before I felt too cloudy to really think at all. Also, if I miss more than one day, I feel lousy. I can't say that I would feel that way if I tapered off, though.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purposes: Depressed mood, Pain, and Restless feeling in legs (Started Jun 01, 2009)
Date Dosage Depressed mood Perceived effectiveness Pain Perceived effectiveness Restless feeling in legs Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 24, 2009 10 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_default Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_default NoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA little
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Purpose: Restless feeling in legs (Started Nov 01, 2007)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Nov 19, 2010 75 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Side effects:
Bad taste in mouth, Drowsy in a.m.
Date
Nov 19, 2010
Advice & Tips
I find this medication leaves a really bad taste in my mouth for hours after I have taken it. I take this medication at night as it can make you feel sleepy and I find that if I am late in taken the medication (like if I have been out and not taken my medication till I get home) that it can make you feel quite foggy in the morning.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purposes: Fibromyalgia and Insomnia (Started Jun 07, 2010)
Date Dosage Fibromyalgia Perceived effectiveness Insomnia Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jul 16, 2010 25 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
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Purpose: Other (Started Dec 06, 2005)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Apr 29, 2009 100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Dec 06, 2008 100 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Side effects:
Dry mouth (xerostomia), Grogginess, Weight gain
Date
Apr 29, 2009
Advice & Tips
i feel this is helping very much with my depression
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Purpose: Insomnia (Started Feb 04, 2006)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Oct 23, 2010 As needed Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere NeverNeverNeverNeverNever VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Jul 25, 2010 As needed Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Jun 04, 2009 As needed ?Can't tell SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere NeverNeverNeverNeverNever VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Side effects:
Grogginess, Mood changes, Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
Date
Oct 23, 2010
Advice & Tips
I had been taking this drug as a sleeping pill for insomnia as I can't take sleeping pill due to bad reactions to them. I am very sensitive to drugs and especially this one. I could only take 1/4 of the recommended dose to sleep through the night or I'd be sleeping for a few days. This worked fine for a while but all of a sudden I started getting bad reactions from this drug.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Jul 25, 2010
Advice & Tips
this would be a fairly good treatment except for the drowsiness it causes in the morning. I used this drug as a sleeping pill because I'm very sensitive to it. I would take a quarter of this pill to give me a drowsiness to be able to fall asleep.A whole pill would knock me out for 2 days! but all of a sudden I started having bad reactions to taking the quarter of a pill. I would feel really strange and almost suicidal or something like that , strange thoughts would go through my head and then I would have pain in my stomache, weird feelings in my head and shortness of breath and was unable to sleep until the drug lost it's power. I really don't understand it because sometimes it does it and sometimes it doesn't. I think if I have to use it to often I do get a reaction but If I haven't used it in a long time, like a few months then I don't get a reaction.
Cost
< $25 monthly
Date
Jun 04, 2009
Advice & Tips
Good for insomnia to help you sleep through the night if your not too sensitive to it. Good for when you wake up and can't go back to sleep. Keeps you drowsy so you can fall back to sleep fast. bad if you need to do something important in the morning.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Fibromyalgia (Started Jan 16, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 01, 2010 50 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone NeverNeverNeverNeverNever VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
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Purposes: Fibromyalgia and Insomnia (Started Oct 27, 2011)
Date Dosage Fibromyalgia Perceived effectiveness Insomnia Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Nov 22, 2011 150 mg Daily ?Can't tell Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Nov 07, 2011 150 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Nov 06, 2011 150 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Nov 05, 2011 150 mg Daily Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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Purpose: Pain (Started Sep 16, 2008)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Sep 19, 2008   Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_defaultNone SevereSevereSevereSevereSevere AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Side effects:
Grogginess, Hangover effect, Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence), Shakiness, Headaches, Dry mouth (xerostomia), Headaches
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