Amitriptyline Hydrochloride Information
Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitriptyline, under the brand name Elavil, was approved on April 7, 1961 for the treatment of major depression in the United States. It has seen widespread usage throughout the world ever since.
Amitriptyline is approved for the treatment of major depression, as well as clinical/endogenous depression and also involutional melancholia or "depression of late life", which is no longer seen as a disease in its own right. Adult typical dosages are 25 to 150 mg daily, with half this dose initially for elderly or adolescent patients.
Children between the ages of 7 to 10 years typically have a dose of 10 to 20 mg; older children 25 to 50 mg at night. It should be gradually withdrawn at the end of the course, which overall should be of no more than three months.
What's inside Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitriptyline Hydrochloride Active Ingredients: amitriptyline hydrochloride, details.| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride Dosages & Strengths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Format | Route | Strength | Class |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 25 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 100 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 50 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 10 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 75 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 150 mg | tablet | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride 10 mg/mL | solution | intramuscular | 1.0 milliliter(s) | OTC |
| Amitriptyline Hydrochloride - | powder | compounding | 100.0 gram(s) | OTC |
Recent Amitriptyline Hydrochloride Side Effects
Posted by diddy123 7 months ago
I am 74 years old and have been taking 50 mg dose of Amitriptyline for 12 years and I take it two hours before bedtime.
Recently it has been causing sleep apnea. I am now taking 25 mgs, two hours before bedtime at 8pm and need to know what time should I take the second dose in the am? I took it this morning around 9am and was sleepy most of the morning. I am guessing this has to do with how long between the dose the night before and the am dose was taking.
How long between these 25 mg doses should I take them.
Thanks Much. D.
Posted by cieply420 about 1 year ago
I'm 17, female, and i've been prescribed this medicine in 25 mg dosage. This isn't the only thing my doctor has me on. I've been diagnosed with IBS so I'm on dicyclomine (Bentyl) 4x a day, 1/2 a 10mg tablet of baclofen, zoloft in the morning plus oxicodone and 1,000mg tylenol for pain
Posted by wendyo5566 over 2 years ago
After my father died in mid-Oct.I had lost alot of weight due to my depression. My doctor immediately put me on amitriptyline.At first I didn't notice any side effects other than it got me to sleep at night.Of course I wasn't really noticing much of anything but then-all I did was sleep. I felt like my whole world was over-I thought I would die without my father...but I never did and that scared me more than actually dying, living in a world where there was no one to take care of me or love me like my father did-He was always my KNight in Shinning ARMOUR...My doc. kept increasing my dose upto 100mg and then one dayI just got up out of my bed and renewed my nursing license and went back to work after eight years of just being a mom and a college student. It wasscary but very exciting but I wouldn't have been able to without the help of the med. My mood was cheerful-my children even noticed a huge difference in my happy appearance it was great stuff......until I noticed that I had gained almost 45lbs. from Oct.to the end of Dec. And another 20 by Jan. I GOT FAT FAST!! The worst side effect of the med for me was that it made me crave chocolate and lots of it! I would wake up in the middle of the night and go bake chocolate cookies and then eat the whole batch all myself. My doc says that the tiny little pill couldn't be responsible for gaining 65lbs in three months. BUt he obvious ly hadn't done his research because I have since talk to many people who experienced the chocolate craving and still others who have also gained ALOT of weight. So if you want to be undepressed -it should do the job that is unless being rather over weight tends to make you depressed. LOL Can't win for loosing huh?
Amitriptyline Hydrochloride in the News
Report On The 2nd International Consultation On Interstitial ... - Medical News Today (press release)
He reported that amitriptyline was compared to propiverine hydrochloride and diazepam. Frequency and pain were significantly improved with amitriptyline ...
Mon May 14 00:12:33 +0000 2007
Report on the 2nd International Consultation on Interstitial ... - UroToday
He reported that amitriptyline was compared to propiverine hydrochloride and diazepam. Frequency and pain were significantly improved with amitriptyline ...
Wed May 09 22:04:20 +0000 2007
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