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Nortriptyline Treatment Report

Brand Names: Aventyl, Norpress, Pamelor

What is Nortriptyline? Nortriptyline is a second generation tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of depression, chronic pain, and emotional lability.

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Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Nortriptyline.

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  3 10mg as needed 4 25mg as needed daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 35 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 225 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 24 Number of Patients: 24 22 Number of Patients: 22 21 Number of Patients: 21 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 29 Number of Patients: 29 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Nortriptyline or how long patients were taking Nortriptyline before stopping.

Currently Taking Nortriptyline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
3
13
24
22
22
21

Stopped Taking Nortriptyline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
16
8
5
3
12
11
Why Patients Stopped Taking Nortriptyline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 21 39% Did not seem to work: 39%
Side effects too severe 21 39% Side effects too severe: 39%
Doctor's advice 16 30% Doctor's advice: 30%
Other 11 20% Other: 20%
Personal research 4 7% Personal research: 7%
Expense 3 6% Expense: 6%
Not indicated 2 4% Not indicated: 4%
Course of treatment ended 1 2% Course of treatment ended: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 32 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 75% 3
Moderate 25% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 13% 4
Moderate 13% 4
Mild 31% 10
None 44% 14

Top reported side-effects include: dry mouth, Weight gain, Hnag over effect

Summary results are based on 32 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 32)

  • Chelena
    Sex: F
    Depression: 2
    Emotional: 1
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 1
    External Stress: Moderate
    54 F
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Low
  • Chelena
  • by Chelena
    Aug 21, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • Bullydawg3
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: mild
  • Bullydawg3
  • by Bullydawg3
    Aug 30, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Nortriptyline

Report created on July 04, 2009.