39 patient evaluations for Nortriptyline

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Mar 10, 2010 (Started Feb 19, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for sleeplessness)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (agitation with irritability)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication made me feel really irritable and angry. Plus when I finally did fall asleep my RLS got intense to the point were my partner could not be in the same bed at me. This medication had no apparent positive effect for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: agitation with irritability
  • 1 helpful mark

Jul 13, 2015 (Started Dec 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sensitivity to sunlight)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Aventyl is another main name for nortriptyline HCl , like how Zoloft is the brand name of sertraline HCl :)

May 18, 2015 (Started Dec 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for anxious mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sensitivity to sunlight)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This Nortriptyline (tricyclic antidepressant) helps my Zoloft (SSRI) work...., that is, using a different type of antidepressant to make the original antidepressant work, called "augmentation" :)
  • 1 helpful mark

Mar 29, 2009 (Started Mar 29, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Cheap, older treatment, but has no effect on me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 23, 2009 (Started May 31, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for sleeplessness)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Supposedly supposed to help me fall asleep and for some pain relief. It helps somewhat, combined with other medications, to help me fall asleep. Definitely do not get any sort of pain relief from it.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 24, 2009 (Started Nov 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (excessive sweating, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It was worth trying a different medication for depression, what I was on before made me worse not better. This medication was better. I tried stopping taking it as I felt much better, but began to have trouble sleeping again so started on 1 tab a night again for good sleep.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: excessive sweating, sleepiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 21, 2008 (Started Nov 01, 2007)

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

Dec 2, 2009 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    None (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I don't think this medicine had any effect on me at all that I can tell.
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 16, 2009 (Started Jan 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for headaches)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: In the beginning Pamelor really seemed to help with my headaches. I think I've been on Pamelor too long and my body has gotten used to the medication. The headaches have returned and they are getting stronger. The Pain Clinic doctor has started my on Topomax along with Pamelor until I can see the Headache Specialist. Both of this medications are still not stopping me from waking up with the headaches. I worry that something is wrong.
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 20, 2009 (Started Mar 25, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (constipation, weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
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 away. Good drug for anxiety though., felt good.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, constipation, constipation
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 10, 2008 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (diarrhea, anger and irritability between doses)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Side effects: diarrhea, anger and irritability between doses

Oct 2, 2008 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (diarrhea, anger and irritability between doses)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Side effects: diarrhea, anger and irritability between doses
  • 0 helpful marks
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