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Amitriptyline
Essential medicine status
Section:
24. Medicines for mental and behavioural disorders 24.2. Medicines used in mood disorders 24.2.1. Medicines used in depressive disorders
ATC codes: N06AA09
Indication
Depressive disorders ICD11 code: 6A9Z
INN
Amitriptyline
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core
Formulations
Oral > Solid: 25 mg ; 75 mg
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 2013 (TRS 985)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Sex
All
Age
Adolescents and adults
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives to be reviewed (2023)
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Amitriptyline
DrugBank
Amitriptyline
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of square box listings on the EML and EMLc, the Expert Committee requested the therapeutic alternatives for amitriptyline on the EML be reviewed.