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Please describe the medication: nortriptyline?
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Older antidepressant: Classified as a tricyclic antidepressant, and considered of modest benefit these days due to significant anti-cholinergic side effects (drowsiness, dizziness, dryness of mouth, blurring, and perhaps effect on bladder). Confusion may occur in older folks. Had some value in migraine prevention at one point. Used rarely these days as better meds are available.
Answered 9/15/2016
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Tricyclics : Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant used in the treatment of depression and some other conditions. It is one of the earlier antidepressants, compared to prozac, (fluoxetine) which is an ssri.
Answered 5/15/2016
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