Posted by Colleen D. on December 3, 2004, at 5:31:14
In reply to Re: Sedating tricyclic for use in elderly patients? » linkadge, posted by KaraS on December 2, 2004, at 21:17:11
Hi Kara!
I was going to suggest doxepin too, because I take it. 25mg an hour before bed and it works so well. It looks like maprotiline might be a good choice too. Here's a link and there aren't really any contraindications re: the elderly and or cardio-toxicity.
http://www.psyweb.com/Drughtm/maprot.html
Good luck!
Colleen
> > doxepin (sinequan in canada) is a sedating TCA, that is one of the less cardiotoxic ones.
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> > Linkadge
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> Thanks. (I've taken doxepin myself and it worked really well for anxiety and insomnia. It totally healed my panic disorder as well.)
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> What about maprotiline for an elderly person? It's got a slightly higher chance of causing seizures but I'm not really worried about that - particularly at the low dosages that my mother would take it.
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