Posted by bulldog2 on August 9, 2009, at 15:11:45
In my opinion a vastly underused drug. Pharm reps are pushing newer drugs where the profit is. Most docs receive their med education thru these salespeople so the oldies are often not used or even have false knowedge of these drugs.
This med is not only good as a primary depression drug but can be used as a good adjunct.Also has many other uses.
One poster in this forum usually posts a bad experience from a single 10 mg pill. This experience has been posted in almost every thread about nortriptyline and may give some the impression that this drug has bad sides. Actually many have used this medication and found the sides quite tolerable.I used this med and found if you titrate 10 mg a week the sides were quite tolerable. Also helped my insomnia quite a bit.
Read this and make up your own mind. Personally I am med sensitive and often abandom meds because of sides. I've used this med on several occassions with good results.
http://www.modern-psychiatry.com/nortriptyline.htm
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