"Amitriptyline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tricyclic antidepressant with anticholinergic and sedative properties. It appears to prevent the re-uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin at nerve terminals, thus potentiating the action of these neurotransmitters. Amitriptyline also appears to antagonize cholinergic and alpha-1 adrenergic responses to bioactive amines.
| Descriptor ID |
D000639
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.181.384.100 D04.615.181.384.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Domical- Domical
- APS Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- Rhône Poulenc Rorer Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Tryptine- Tryptine
- Amrad Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Tryptizol- Tryptizol
- Cahill May Roberts Brand of Amitriptyline Embonate
- Merck Sharp & Dohme Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- DDSA Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- Tryptanol
- Merck Sharp & Dohme Brand of Amitriptyline Embonate
- Zeneca Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- Elavil
- Cahill May Roberts Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amineurin- Amineurin
- Neuro Hexal Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- Hexal Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitrip- Amitrip
- Protea Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitriptylin beta- Amitriptylin beta
- beta, Amitriptylin
- Betapharm Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitriptylin Desitin- Amitriptylin Desitin
- Desitin, Amitriptylin
- Desitin Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitriptylin RPh- Amitriptylin RPh
- RPh, Amitriptylin
- Rodleben Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitriptylin-neuraxpharm- Amitriptylin-neuraxpharm
- Amitriptylin neuraxpharm
- Amitriptylinneuraxpharm
- neuraxpharm Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Laroxyl- Laroxyl
- Roche Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
- Endep
- Alphapharm Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Lentizol- Lentizol
- Parke Davis Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Novoprotect- Novoprotect
- Merck Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Saroten- Saroten
- Bayer Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Sarotex- Sarotex
- Lundbeck Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Syneudon- Syneudon
- Krewel Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Triptafen- Triptafen
- Goldshield Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Amitrol- Amitrol
- Douglas Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Anapsique- Anapsique
- Psicofarma Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
Apo-Amitriptyline- Apo-Amitriptyline
- Apo Amitriptyline
- ApoAmitriptyline
- Apotex Brand of Amitriptyline Hydrochloride
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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