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What's the range of elavil (amitriptyline) dose for sleep ? how does it affect sleep ?

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10-150 mg. For sleep: Suppress rem to varying degrees slight increase in stage n3 sleep ( used to be stages 3+4, increase total sleep time, decrease wake after sleep onset, decrease, # awakenings, decrease sleep onset latency ( how long it takes to fall asleep). Great website below for this info:473 drug effects on sleep - california state university ... Psych.Fullerton.Edu/mwhite/473pdf/473%20drug%20effects...

Answered 1/20/2018

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