as an analgesic in chronic back pain without depression, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 8-week trial in 78 men recruited from primary care and general orthopedic settings, who had chronic low back pain (pain at T-6 or below on a daily basis for 6 months or ...
This risk must be balanced with the clinical need, as nortriptyline is not approved for use in pediatric patients. Closely monitor patients of all ages for clinical worsening, suicidality, or unusual changes in behavior; not approved for use in pediatric patients.Serious...
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Background: The current treatment of IBS is often unsatisfactory and frustrating. Several controlled trials have demonstrated benefits of tricyclic antidepressants for irritable bowel syndrome, especially when pain is a prominent symptom but the efficacy of antidepressants in irritable bowel syndrome is ...
Background: The limited use of nortriptyline for smoking cessation is likely due to concerns about its serious adverse effects. Objective: To examine the safety of nortriptyline at doses equivalent to those used in aiding smoking cessation. Data Sources: A systematic search of relevant articles in...
BACKGROUND: Drugs for neuropathic pain have incomplete efficacy and dose-limiting side-effects when given as monotherapy. We assessed the efficacy and tolerability of combined nortriptyline and gabapentin compared with each drug given alone. METHODS: In this double-blind, double-dummy, crossover trial...
Background/Aims Prokinetic agents and neuromodulators are among the treatment options for functional dyspepsia (FD), but their comparative efficacy is unclear. We aimed to compare the efficacy of mosapride controlled-release (CR) and nortriptyline in patients with FD after 4 weeks of treatmen...
BACKGROUND: Drugs for neuropathic pain have incomplete efficacy and dose-limiting side-effects when given as monotherapy. We assessed the efficacy and tolerability of combined nortriptyline and gabapentin compared with each drug given alone. METHODS: In this double-blind, double-dummy, crossover trial...
Background: The limited use of nortriptyline for smoking cessation is likely due to concerns about its serious adverse effects.Objective: To examine the safety of nortriptyline at doses equivalent to those used in aiding smoking cessation.Data Sources: A systematic search of relevant articles in ...
Results: Change score for abdominal pain severity was significantly higher for mesalazine than for nortriptyline (208.5±80.9 V.s 146.8±105.6) and change score for days with pain was not significantly different between two arms (3.9±2.8 V.s 2.8±3.0). The results show that the change score ...