Nortriptyline dosage ??? - One more question. » Psydoc

Posted by SLS on March 24, 2002, at 7:44:27

In reply to Re: Nortriptyline (Pamelor) dosage ???, posted by Psydoc on March 23, 2002, at 22:50:06

Hi Doctor.
One more question:
When the blood-level of nortriptyline exceeds 150ng/ml, does the expression of the depression that reappears have any special characteristics that would differentiate it from the under-dosed baseline?
Thanks again.

Sincerely,
Scott

> The most common effective dose of nortriptyline is 75 mg per day. This dose most often is taken once a day at bedtime.
>
> The blood levels associated with this dose usually fall within the therapeutic range of 50 to 150 ng/ml when measured exactly 12-hours (plus or minus 30 minutes) following the last dose.
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> Occasionally people do best on doses as low as 50 mg/day and I have occasionally run across patients who required over 200 mg/day to achieve a therapeutic blood level and a good clinical response.
>
> Best regards . . .
>
> Ivan Goldberg
> psydoc@psycom.net
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