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Well established vestibular migraine/cdh patient on nortriptyline 30mg, struggling. would it make sense to keep titrating up, or swap out to ami. now?

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Yes: You might discuss with your doctor trying a higher dose. If by "ami" you mean amitriptyline, there is probably no benefit to switching.

Answered 2/24/2015

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