Amitriptyline Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Apo-amitriptyline, Elatrol, Elavil, Endep, Laroxyl, Saroten, Sarotex, Tryptizol
Generic Name: Amitriptyline
See also:
Apo-amitriptyline
What is Amitriptyline?
Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidpressant approved for the treatment of depression. Off label amitripyline is used for certain chronic and neuropathic (nerve) pain and for prevention of migraine headaches.
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Reasons Taken
348 patients in the community are taking or have taken Amitriptyline.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 86 | 24% |
| Pain | 55 | 15% |
| Excess saliva | 50 | 14% |
| Depression | 26 | 7% |
| Insomnia | 20 | 5% |
| Emotional lability | 20 | 5% |
| Anxiety | 14 | 4% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 9 | 2% |
| disease-related symptoms | 9 | 2% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 8 | 2% |
| Fatigue | 7 | 2% |
| General health | 6 | 1% |
| Don't know | 5 | 1% |
| Headaches | 4 | 1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 2 | <1% |
| Difficulty sleeping through night | 2 | <1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 2 | <1% |
| Bladder problems | 2 | <1% |
| sleep problems | 1 | <1% |
| Fibromyalgia | 1 | <1% |
| Headaches - Right eye/neck/head | 1 | <1% |
| Sleeplessness | 1 | <1% |
| Pain, chronic | 1 | <1% |
| Mood swings | 1 | <1% |
| Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) | 1 | <1% |
| Muscle twitching (fasciculations) | 1 | <1% |
| Sensation | 1 | <1% |
| Treat Parkinson's | 1 | <1% |
| Neuropathy pain | 1 | <1% |
| severe headaches | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
| 0 mg day | 0 mg none | 1 mg day | 1 tbs. day | 2 mg day | 5 mg day | 8 mg day | 0 mg none | 10 mg day | 15 mg day | 20 mg day | 25 mg day | 349.993000139997 mg week | 30 mg day | 35 mg day | 40 mg day | 50 mg day | 70 mg day | 75 mg day | 80 mg day | 100 mg day | 150 mg day | 200 mg day | 400 mg day | 500 mg day | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Amitriptyline or how long patients were taking Amitriptyline before stopping.
Currently taking Amitriptyline
Stopped taking Amitriptyline
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side effects too severe | 25 | 39% |  |
| Did not seem to work | 24 | 38% | |
| Other | 14 | 22% | |
| Doctor's advice | 10 | 16% | |
| Course of treatment ended | 4 | 6% | |
| Personal research | 3 | 5% | |
| Expense | 2 | 3% | |
| Not indicated | 2 | 3% | |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 27 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 36% | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 27% | 3 |
| Slight | 18% | 2 |
| None | 9% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 9% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 11% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 19% | 5 |
| Mild | 22% | 6 |
| None | 48% | 13 |
Top reported side-effects include: "Hangover effect", next day, makes me groggy durning the day, excessive sleepiness
Summary results are based on 27 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 27)
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- JesswithMS
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by JesswithMS
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsSevere
- Neuropathy pain
- Advice/Tips
- Be cautious in upping your dosage and if you feel it is not really working ask to be switched instead of increasing your dosage.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- lizupatree
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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by lizupatree
Aug 19, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Pain
- Advice/Tips
- When I first took this, it made me so fatigued I couldn't lift my head off the pillow until noon. I wanted to quit, but could not risk the burning pain returning. The fatigue from the meds disappeared completely by week #2.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks