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Reference Range * Therapeutic: 70 - 170 ng/mL
Levels may be elevated in non-trough specimens
NORTRIPTYLINE ONLY
Most individuals display optimal response to nortriptyline with serum levels of 70 to 170 ng/mL
Aspects of amitriptyline and nortriptyline plasma levels monitoring in depression
Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant that is occasionally used for treating neuropathic pain, and is recommended in European, UK, and USA guidelines
However, cyclic antidepressants may be a good option for some people
20 The bioavailability of nortriptyline varies considerably and ranges from 45 Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant
People with depression have a consistently low mood and other symptoms Wait 2 weeks after stopping nortriptyline before you start using a MAO inhibitor
Fifty-nine depressed female inpatients were treated with 100 mg amitriptyline (AMT) IM for 4 weeks
Nortriptyline is not approved for use in children
Call your doctor or get medical help if any of these side effects or any other side effects bother you or do not go away: Dry mouth
Nortriptyline is administered orally, has a half-life of 15 to 90 hours, and peak serum values two to six hours postoral dose
The second patient was receiving 75 mg/day nortriptyline and up to 1250 mg/day valproic acid
TCAs, including nortriptyline, should not be used concurrently with a monoamine oxidase inhibitors such as tranylcypromine (Parnate), isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), and procarbazine because of the possibility of hyperpyretic crises (high fever), convulsions, and even death
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription
Doses above 150 mg/day are not recommended
Monitoring of plasma drug levels should not guide management of the patient
However, in practice, one medication comes before the other
Your doctor may need to adjust your diabetes medication, exercise program, or diet
The least effective treatment was pregabalin: only 15% of study subjects reported that much improvement