Lack of correlation between plasma levels of amitriptyline (and nortriptyline) and clinical improvement of chronic pain of peripheral neurologic origin

Clin Neuropharmacol. 1987 Dec;10(6):560-4. doi: 10.1097/00002826-198712000-00008.

Authors

O Rascol¹, M A Tran, P Bonnevialle, J Belin, J Cotonat, B Guiraud-Chaumeil, J L Montastruc

Affiliation

¹ Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Faculté de Médecine, Toulouse, France.

PMID: 3427563
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-198712000-00008

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Amitriptyline / adverse effects
Amitriptyline / blood*
Amitriptyline / therapeutic use
Analgesics / adverse effects
Analgesics / blood*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nortriptyline / blood
Pain / blood
Pain / drug therapy*
Pain Measurement

Substances

Analgesics
Amitriptyline
Nortriptyline