Posted by Mitch on July 28, 2001, at 20:18:47
In reply to 25 mg. nortrip. worth taking?, posted by shelby on July 28, 2001, at 10:19:47
> I am currently taking 25 mg. nortriptyline in the a.m. and 60 mg. elavil at night. Is it worth it to keep taking the nortrip. as I have read the there is a small "window" for the effectiveness.
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> I'm having a bitch of a time with meds - 10 years - and I have to keep coming back to elavil. I find at low doses of elavil I get really irritable. My psy. doc. wants me to try neurontin at night along with elavil.
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> Any input??
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> thanks.
> shelbyShelby,
Thumbs up on the Neurontin suggestion. Oh BTW, if you are taking Elavil(amitriptyline)+nortriptyline you may be in the "therapeutic window" for nortrip because the amitriptyline metabolizes in your body to nortriptyline. Nortrip generally has less drowsiness than Amitrip. You could ask for an NT blood level-and see if you are in the "range".
Mitch
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