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How does nortriptyline make you feel?
Nortriptyline can make you feel sleepy so it’s best to take it in the evening or before you go to bed. If your doctor decides to take you off nortriptyline, they will reduce your dose gradually to help prevent withdrawal side effects such as muscle pain or feeling sick or tired.
What is the drug nortriptyline used for?
Your doctor prescribed nortriptyline to help relieve your pain. Although it is often used to treat depression, it is also used for pain and to improve sleep. It has been found to be safe and effective over many years of use.
What are the most common side effects of nortriptyline?
Drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation, weight gain, or trouble urinating may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Is nortriptyline used for sleep?
While 25 mg of nortriptyline had an immediate effect on REM sleep variables, relatively little influence on sleep continuity measures was noted. Subsequent administration of 75 and 100 mg of nortriptyline produced continued REM sleep suppression over several weeks.
Are there long term effects from taking nortriptyline?
The drug can have short-term or long-term effects. Nortriptyline long term side effects include dry mouth, dizziness, rapid palpitations, tremor, headache, blurred vision, weight gain, and sweating. The short-term effects, which again are not common, include sexual problems like lowered sex drive, tiredness, hair loss, difficulties passing urine.
Does nortriptyline cause weight loss?
Trying to use nortriptyline for weight loss is not advisable because weight gain appears to be a more common side effect than weight loss, and because the drug causes many other side effects. The Mayo Clinic, for instance, does not even include weight loss as a possible side effect of this medication.
Does nortriptyline cause liver damage?
Nortriptyline can cause mild and transient serum enzyme elevations and is rare cause of clinically apparent acute and chronic cholestatic liver injury. Nortriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant that is also used in smoking cessation.
Does nortriptyline usually make you tired?
Nortriptyline can cause some sedation as do all ADs in some people, but it’s considered one of the least sedating antidepressants. There’s a good chance that if you do feel some tiredness this side effect will diminish within the first couple of weeks.