Posted by King Vultan on October 31, 2004, at 10:29:36
In reply to Re: Does Nortriptyline cause sexual side effetcs?!, posted by ed_uk on October 30, 2004, at 21:30:45
I found nortriptyline to cause less urinary hesitation/retention than taking nothing at all, as I have hypersensitive alpha-1 adrenergic receptors and typically have a slight problem even in an unmedicated state. It appears that nortriptyline's alpha-1 blockade is such that it is able to overpower the NE and ACh effects, at least in my case. I found desipramine to be noticeably worse and protriptyline to be essentially intolerable in this regard. After this experience with the tricyclics, I decided to start taking an alpha-1 blocker (doxazosin) to replicate these particular positive effects of the nortriptyline.
Todd
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