Benefits

Amitriptyline is prescribed to treat major depressive disorder, to relieve neuropathic pain, to avoid migraines, and to relieve chronic tension headaches. After other therapies have failed, it can be used to treat nocturnal enuresis in children older than 6 years old.

• Is a potential therapy option for major depressive disorder (MDD).
• May be used for the treatment of various illnesses such chronic pain, fibromyalgia, or insomnia even though it is not an FDA-approved indication (off-label usage). When other treatments have failed or in conjunction with other treatments, amitriptyline may be utilized.
• For nerve-related pain that is unresponsive to opioid-like medications, it is advised on the WHO pain ladder (such as morphine).
• Amitriptyline comes in generic form.