Posted by banga on April 20, 2005, at 20:20:38
In reply to Re: Desipramine blood levels, posted by zeugma on April 20, 2005, at 19:57:47
> hmm that's odd, years ago when hospitalized I had blood levels drawn every week to determine my nortriptyline blood levels. Two years ago I had another blood level done on nortrip. Nortriptyline is the TCA most noted for its therapeutic range (really a window).
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> Desipramine's "official" therapeutic range begins at 116 nanograms/mL.
I think I remember someone here saying that it is more critical to measure blood levels of nortryptiline than it is for desipramine....Thanks for your response! I will have my pdoc OK a blood analysis tomorrow during the appt.
B.
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