146 patient evaluations for Amitriptyline

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Jun 29, 2011 (Started Sep 29, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 3, 2011 (Started Jul 20, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 17, 2011 (Started Mar 27, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 30, 2009 (Started Mar 27, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Big help for Trimengial Neuralgia
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 19, 2009 (Started Mar 27, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It's a wonderful treament combination as it addresses my trimengial neuralgia it also treats mild depression.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2011 (Started Jul 16, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 20, 2011 (Started Mar 01, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for excess saliva)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (constipation, dry mouth at night)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dry mouth at night, constipation

Mar 2, 2011 (Started Mar 01, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for excess saliva)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth at night)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dry mouth at night, constipation
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Jan 20, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Worked for a few months, then became ineffective.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 7, 2011 (Started Nov 30, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 11, 2011 (Started Jan 10, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth at night, dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It helps me with my sleep, before I was taking Zolpiedem to help me sleep, but I was doing things that I could not remember doing, and it was kind of scary. It took a little while to get the dosage right, but it seems to be working for the depression and with my insomnia.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dry mouth, dry mouth at night
  • 0 helpful marks

May 16, 2011 (Started Apr 12, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (numbness in hands, tension headaches, decreased sex drive (libido), circulation problems)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Unfortunately these affected my circulation in my hands and feet, they where always cold and my big toenails where becoming detatched from the nail bed as the nail bed was going soft. Since stopping the tablets iv been able to wake up much easier and my nail beds are starting to heal now and harden again. Also my hands and feet no longer feel like they are freezing cold all the time they feel normal warmth again.
Side effects: decreased sex drive (libido), tension headaches, circulation problems, numbness in hands

Jul 7, 2009 (Started Apr 12, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (numbness in hands, tension headaches, circulation problems)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I dont like this drug it leaves me feeling woosy in the mornings and I have problems with libido when I am on this drug :(
Side effects: decreased sex drive (libido), tension headaches, circulation problems, numbness in hands
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 4, 2011 (Started Jun 29, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (tiredness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Causing tiredness during the day
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tiredness

Jan 3, 2011 (Started Jun 29, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Help sleep
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: tiredness
  • 0 helpful marks
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