A 33-year-old member asked:
What is amitriptyline prescribed for?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

Dr. Neil Liebowitzanswered
Psychiatry 40 years experience
Many: This is the first antidepressant (after maos) and is used for depression, anxiety, but also pain, sleep, urinary incontinence.
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Dr. Eric Levin commented
Psychiatry 42 years experience
be clear it is not an MAOI. It is a tricyclic anti-depressant.
Jun 21, 2013

Dr. AUSTINA CHOanswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Sadness, sleep, pain: Amitriptyline is the generic name for the antidepressant elavil (amitriptyline). It is used for depression, insomnia and some pain disorders.
4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Jul 14, 2016
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