Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Amitriptyline is the English and French generic name of the drug and its INN Tooltip International Nonproprietary Name, BAN Tooltip British Approved Name, and DCF Tooltip Dénomination Commune Française, while amitriptyline hydrochloride is its USAN Tooltip United States Adopted Name, USP Tooltip United States Pharmacopeia, BANM Tooltip ...
Many side effects may be related to the antimuscarinic properties of the TCAs. Such side effects are relatively common and may include dry mouth, dry nose, blurry vision, lowered gastrointestinal motility or constipation, urinary retention, cognitive and/or memory impairment, and increased body temperature.
Nortriptyline, sold under the brand name Aventyl, among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant.This medicine is also sometimes used for neuropathic pain, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), smoking cessation and anxiety.
The pharmacology of antidepressants is not entirely clear.. The earliest and probably most widely accepted scientific theory of antidepressant action is the monoamine hypothesis (which can be traced back to the 1950s), which states that depression is due to an imbalance (most often a deficiency) of the monoamine neurotransmitters (namely serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine). [1]
Minitran 2-25: 2 mg Perphenazine and 25 mg Amitriptyline hydrochloride in each tablet. Minitran 4-10: 4 mg Perphenazine and 10 mg Amitriptyline hydrochloride in each tablet. Minitran 4-25: 4 mg Perphenazine and 25 mg Amitriptyline hydrochloride in each tablet. Minitran is also a pharmaceutical drug for the treatment of Angina, manufactured by 3M.
Amitriptyline Nortriptyline (Amitriptyline's active metabolite) Perphenazine Notes SERT: 3.13: 16.5? It is this and its NET-inhibiting action is believed to give amitriptyline its antidepressant action. NET: 22.4: 4.37? See above. DAT: 5380: 3100? 5-HT 1A: 450: 294: 421: Binding for human brain receptors had to be substituted in amitriptyline ...
Elavil (amitriptyline) – a tricyclic antidepressant used as a first-line treatment for neuropathic pain; Eurodin, Prosom – a benzodiazepine derivative with anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, hypnotic, sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties, commonly prescribed for short-term treatment of insomnia
Tricyclics have a narrow therapeutic index, i.e., the therapeutic dose is close to the toxic dose. [7] Factors that increase the risk of toxicity include advancing age, cardiac status, and concomitant use of other drugs. [8] However, serum drug levels are not useful for evaluating risk of arrhythmia or seizure in tricyclic overdose. [9]