Amitriptyline tablets - Brown & Burk
                     Amitriptyline Tablets
Amitriptyline tablets, a type of tricyclic antidepressant, are used to treat 
depression, neuropathic pain, and prevent chronic tension headaches and 
migraines in adults. They are also prescribed for bed-wetting in children 
aged six and above when other treatments have failed, and organic causes 
have been ruled out. Avoid using Amitriptyline tablets if you are allergic to 
their ingredients, have recently had a heart attack, have heart rhythm 
problems, severe liver disease, or are taking or recently stopped taking 
MAOIs. Always follow medical advice when using this medication.
What you need to know before you take 
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• (listed in section 6)If you recently have had a heart attack (myocardial 
• infarction)If you are taking medicines known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors 
• (MAOIs) if you have taken MAOIs within the last 14 
• daysif you have taken moclobemide the day 
• beforeif you have a severe liver 
disease
How to take Amitriptyline Tablets
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check 
with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
Swallow the tablets with a drink of water. Do 
not chew them. 
Duration of treatment: Do not change the dose of 
the medicine or stop taking the medicine without 
consulting your doctor first.
Depression: It may take a few weeks to notice improvement 
when treating depression, and the duration of treatment varies 
but is typically at least six months as determined by your 
doctor. Continue taking the medicine as long as recommended, 
as stopping too early may cause symptoms to return due to the 
persistence of the underlying illness.
Possible side effects of Amitriptyline Tablets
• Attacks of intermittent blurring of vision, rainbow vision, and eye 
pain. You should immediately have an eye examination before 
the treatment with this medicine can be continued. This condition 
may be signs of acute glaucoma. Very rare side effect, may affect 
up to 1 in 10,000 people.
• A heart problem called “prolonged QT interval” (which is shown on your 
electrocardiogram, ECG). Common side effect, may affect up to 1 in 10 
people.
• Bad constipation, a swollen stomach, fever and vomiting. These 
symptoms may be due to parts of the intestine becoming paralysed. 
Rare side effect, may affect up to 1 in 1,000 people.
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