NORTRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE Reviews (NORTRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (162 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NORTRIPTYLINE HYDROCHLORIDE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NORTRIPTYLINE H | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | chronic pain/fibromyalgia | Mild to moderate constipation. | It helped reduce my pain by about 30%-40%. Not a cure-all, but not bad! | F | 34 | 1 years 10 1X day | 8/23/2011 | 5 | No side effects | I love this medicinel. I take it for severe pain. If you take it at night you will sleep late the next morning, so I take mine in the middle of the day and can not tell I even take it. I take 25mg and I AM on the dose of 4 a day, which is 100mg a day. Does it help my back? Yes---It help my nerves ( which everyone knows) affects your back. I have a disk desease . | F | 67 | 10 years 25mg 4X day | 6/17/2011 | 4 | thoracic nerve pain | dry mouth, feeling spaced out, forgetfulness, sleepy, sweating more than usual, sunburn easily | On my second go round with this medication. I stopped taking it last year because of the side effects, but nothing has helped my pain and insomnia as well as the Nortriptyline. So I'm back on it again. I think the pain and sleeplessness is worse than the side effects, for now anyway. | F | 36 | 1 months 40mg 1X day | 5/23/2011 | 4 | Depression | I was very tired for the first 2 days then extremely short tempered and irritable on the third and forth day then everything just got better. My wife says she feels like she got her old husband back. Currently I'm feeling a little jittery and have have had trouble sleeping through the night. I see my doctor again in a few days. I think I'll start taking this in the morning instead. | M | 37 | 2 weeks 20 1X day | 5/10/2011 | 1 | migraine preventative | dry mouth, severe constipation, weight gain | I gained 10 lbs from being on this drug only 3 weeks. the weight gain was mainly due to severe constipation. I didn't go for 5 days!, finally had to use an enema. After that prescription drug for constipation daily, stool softeners, etc. The big thing is that 7 months later, I still cannot lose the weight! I have tried all kinds of eating plans, eating nothing, etc. I cannot lose a pound. I cannot find a doctor who can help me. The dr who prescribed the medication takes no responsibility. If anyone else has had this happen, & has any ideas to help, please let me know! I am desperate to get back to my normal weight!! (Also it didn't do anything for my headaches, they wanted to increase the dose but I knew it wasn't good for my body.) ! | F | 59 | 3 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 4/16/2011 | 5 | Migraines | Dry Mouth, decreased libido, sexual dysfunction | I am very pleased with this medication. I have only had 1 migraine in the last year. I don't love the sexual dysfunction portion but its a fair trade. | F | 26 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 3/29/2011 | 1 | I am lactose intolerant if you are too no amount of this medication will work !!!! Migraines | "Migraine remedy - Click FREE and forget migraine" www.justice-publications.com New discovery that lactose triggers migraine naturally; its elimination from diet by division disrupts migraine-lactose syndrome, preventing migraine-headaches. | F | 43 | 5 days 1X day | 3/22/2011 | 1 | taken to help sleep at night | no side effects | back in october (2010) i hurt my back at work and now have a herniated disc at L5 S1 and have had spasms and pain down my left leg. its been a little over 5 months now. for the past 30 days my doctor gave me this medication to help me sleep as with the pain i am having i am having big problems with sleeping and eating. i am also taking percocet 5mg, but after taking that medication for 5 months it is not doing much for me. its not helping that my doctor has cut back my dose per day of percocet even though i understand the reasons behind cutting me back, i just cant handle this pain though and i feel completely lost and helpless. the nortriptyline hcl is not helping me sleep in any way. ive tried all i can to sleep but nothing works! im waiting on cortisone injections as well but the insurance company is trying to screw me over so everything takes a couple weeks to a month to get anything approved. any suggestions from anyone so i can talk to my doctor about other options to help me sleep? ive been up for almost 2 days now, this happens on a very regular basis and i am very tired but cant fall asleep because of my pain! | M | 21 | 30 days 10 mg 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 2 | Chronic Migraines | Bad Constipation; migraines; dry mouth; first 24 hrs were a nightmare with the shakes, racing heart... basically feeling like I was on a bad trip! Then it went away. | I tried Topamax for 3 years and it only cut back maybe one or two a month so I was hopeful that Nortiptyline would work better from reading all the responses here. I was perfectly willing to gain weight. But so far since taking this drug for the past 4 weeks, I have had 18 migraine days. So I don't think I will be taking this drug tonight (or anymore). I guess it's just not meant for me. [By the way, for the constipation I have been taking 500 mgs of Magnesium and 1 Docalax each day and it has worked like a charm!] | F | 46 | 4 weeks 25mg 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 2 | Migraines, daily headaches | Numb lower lip,more frequent migraines,nightmares,irrational behavior,paranoia,very emotional/irritable,lower back muscle spasms,difficulty waking up,lethargic and depressed,chest pain/anxiety/fast heart rate. | I was prescribed this to remedy my daily ongoing headaches and migraines. Since starting it 3 weeks ago my migraines have increased. I have had nightly nightmares since day 3 of taking this medication and they are becoming more vivid/horrifying. My daily headaches are less intense but still apparent. I am supposed to up my dosage to 3 pills for the next week but don't think I will be continuing this drug. I look forward to finding another drug that works for me with less side effects as it is affecting my daily home life and well-being. | M | 29 | 3 weeks 1X day | 2/27/2011 | 4 | severe chronic migraines | dry mouth, "constant drafty feeling", lots of tingling around my mouth, weight loss, some constipation | I'm still in beginning stages of using these wonderful meds and will need to increase dosage. I'm sleeping better than I have in 15-20 years. Side effects have been a 3-ring circus, but less the past 5 days. Before starting Nortriptyline in combination with Topiramate, I lived with a daily headache on scale 5-8. In the past 5 days, I have had 2 headaches in that range.I'm commenting today because the dry mouth effect has motivated me to drink water, lots of it. So medical conventional wisdom says that is beneficial to my whole body. This week, I can think more clearly...I have hope again for 2011! | F | 70 | 36 days 20 mg 1X day | 2/25/2011 | 1 | Severe Migraines | dry mouth, deep sleep, vivid dreams, strong urine smell, constipation, facial rash, skin dryness, weak nails and hair, sluggish, WEIGHT GAIN | When I first started taking this medicine is was a life saver. I went from 12-15 migraines a month to one a month and I was able to function like a normal human being. Slowly my migraine frequency started creeping back up, and my Dr increased the dose from 25mg to 50mg. Frequency went down again and it lasted several months, but the last 2 months I was on this I developed a severe facial rash. My constipation was SEVERE and therefore had to get on meds for that as well. It was extremely difficult for me to wake up, and felt sluggish the entire day with ZERO energy to do anything. At the end of my treatment, I ended up gaining 15 lbs and I am a very petite person. The cons outweigh the pros and this was just NOT the right medicine for me. I urge you to do your research and be aware of any weird symptoms that may arise and let your Dr know early enough. | F | 28 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 2/21/2011 | 3 | ibs | dry mouth, lethargic. consipation. dizzyness upon standing, loss of appetite | M | 44 | 1 months 50 mg 1X day | 2/11/2011 | 5 | Migraines | previously had amytripiline which cured headaches after 4 doses of 5mg, but I had to stop taking due to side effects - sleepyness. Nortryptiline only gave me side effects first day. | It has been fantastic and cured my migraine. | M | 41 | 2 months 20 1X day | 10/9/2010 | 2 | abdominal pain | exhaustion, lethargic, | first time I took it 1 hour before bedtime as directed, but slept until the next afternoon. Worked better to take it early evening (didn't drive). Every night I dreamed I was trudging through wet sand, woke up achy and exhausted. Did not get any relief from ab pain. After stopping it, thought I had the flu, husband thinks I had withdrawal. Missed 3 days of work; chills, exhaustion, | M | 48 | 20 days 10 mg 1X day | 10/2/2010 | 4 | Cronic Migraines | The only side effects experienced so far have been dry-mouth! On the positive side has helped with sleeplessness. | Upon trying probably every drug so far, this has worked the best. It has only been 2 weeks but I hope that the dry-mouth will be the only negitive side-effect that I experience. When I feel a migraine beginning I take a 5mg Maxalt and it stops, this is a miracle especially since an ER visit was the only help I could get! | F | 48 | 2 weeks 25mg 1X day | 9/30/2010 | 4 | migraines | dry mouth in am which decreased to almost nothing after 1 month, 5 lb weight gain, severe severe constipation, mood got better | really helped my migraines but 5 lbs weight gain on a 100lb frame is not a good thing! most severe constipation i've ever experienced. | F | 35 | 60 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/17/2010 | 2 | migraines | I broke out in acne (I've never had acne before), became dizzy upon standing, and I experienced dry mouth. | My migraines didn't lower in pain level or decrease in frequency, in fact it increased from 1 migraine a day to 2-3 a day. My sleep patterns were the same (unable to sleep). | M | 16 | 50 days 20 mg 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 4 | daily tension headaches | dry mouth, 5 lb. weight gain | since I started taking it I've only had a headache about 1 day a week when I use to have them everyday, all day. I'll stay on it but I'm going to work on not gaining any more weight. | F | 52 | 2 months 25 mg. 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 5 | Chronic Migraines | Dry mouth, drowsyness in the a.m., constipation, loss of appetite. | I have been taking Nortiptuline for about 6 months now every night. I suffer from severe migraines, averaging at about 10-11 a month.Ever since i started taking nortriptyline, i have seen a significant reduction of migraines, and when I do get them (which now I get about 5-6 a month) they don't last as long as they used to. I started with 10mgs, and slowly increased dose to 50 mgs. Every time I increased I noticed my mouth got REALLY dry, the smell of food grosses me out and I am extremely drowsy in the mornings. The side effect do seem to go away after time. I am extremely happy with the treatment and it has completely changed my life. | F | 27 | 6 months 50 MGs 1X day | 7/2/2010 |