Amitriptyline control for psychiatrists

Amitriptyline level measurement (ATRIP NTRIP serum)

This test is used by psychiatrists to measure Amitriptyline (Saroten) levels in the blood.

Blood draw immediately before re-taking the medication

This test is used to measure what your Amitriptyline level is currently. If you want to know if you are genetically sensitive to this substance and your medication should be different from the average you should take the Igene test to measure your drug sensitivity:

https://www.bloodtesting.nl/igene-dna-farmacogenetica-medicijngevoeligheid.html

Amitriptyline improves your mood and it makes you less anxious. As a result, you may experience less brooding, sleep problems, and irritability. Amitriptyline also works against pain symptoms. In depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, pain due to a nerve (nerve pain), bedwetting, muscle pain due to fibromyalgia, headaches, migraines, stomach complaints, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia in the last stage of life (palliative care) and drooling (salivation) in the nerve and muscle disease ALS.

Therapeutic range mitriptylin + Nortriptylin combined: 80 - 200 ng/ml

Nortriptylin alone: 70 - 170 ng/ml

toxic range Amitryptilin + Nortryptilin saemn: > 300 ng/ml

measurement method: LCMS