When taking any medication, it’s vital that all your doctors know what other medications you take, no matter who prescribed them. Some drugs should never be taken together or must be used carefully. For example, if you take an SSRI, it’s important not to take other medications that also...
TCAs (Tricyclic Antidepressants) TCAs include such drugs as imipramine (Tofranil) and nortriptyline (Pamelor). These drugs were among the earliest antidepressants to come on the market. These days, doctors generally only turn to them when treatment with SSRIs, SNRIs, and NDRIs has failed. MAOIs...
In patients being transferred to Marplan from another MAO inhibitor or from a dibenzazepine-related entity, a medication-free interval of at least 1 week should be allowed, after which Marplan therapy should be started using half the normal starting dosage for at least the first week of therapy...
Sussmanet al.observed that during acute treatment with imipramine, 4.9% patients significantly gained weight; this rate increased to 24.5% in long-term treatment.93Nortriptyline (TCA) was associated with an increase in BMI of 0.44 kg/m2over a 12-week period.94Furthermore, 6 months of nortripty...
Although clinical lore suggests the relative safety of SSRIs compared with TCAs, mortality from nortriptyline was found to be similar to that from SSRIs.10 The actual incidence of serotonin syndrome is difficult to ascertain, as mild cases may not be properly diagnosed. Some form of serotonin ...
health conditions, but they work in slightly different ways. SSRIs block serotonin reuptake into your nerve cells, while SNRIs block both serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake into your nerve cells. Since they work slightly differently, they have slightly different medication interactions and side ...
A physician contacts a pharmacist and asks which selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) can be used safely in a patient taking multiple medications (i.e., warfarin, thiazide diuretic, beta blocker, and codeine). Since there is a high potential for clinically significant drug interactions wit...
What is Nortriptyline? Discussion Comments ByDrentel— On Jan 21, 2015 When I was in college, I dated a girl who had mild depression. I dated her for several months before I had any idea that she was having trouble. Then one weekend she went to bed and she didn't leave her room ag...
What is Nortriptyline? Discussion Comments ByDrentel— On Jan 21, 2015 When I was in college, I dated a girl who had mild depression. I dated her for several months before I had any idea that she was having trouble. Then one weekend she went to bed and she didn't leave her room ag...
TCAs (Tricyclic Antidepressants)TCAsinclude such drugs as imipramine (Tofranil) and nortriptyline (Pamelor). These drugs were among the earliest antidepressants to come on the market. These days, doctors generally only turn to them when treatment withSSRIs, SNRIs, and NDRIs has failed. ...