Nortriptyline and the Tricyclic Antidepressants with Dr. Cummings
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David J Puder
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of the podcast, we'll be doing a deep-dive into nortriptyline, a lesser-talked about medication in psychopharmacology. We'll cover a little about the history of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) as well as the characteristics, side-effects, and indications to consider when prescribing this class of medication.
By listening to this episode, you can earn 0.75 Psychiatry CME Credits.
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| 0:35.3 | Hi, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:36.4 | Today, I am joined with Dr. Michael Cummings. |
| 0:39.1 | In this episode, we are going to be doing a deep dive into tricyclic antidepressants, |
| 0:44.3 | specifically nor tripling. |
| 0:45.8 | We'll be going through the history of tricyclic antidepressants and where they fit in the |
| 0:50.3 | timeline of the history of psychiatry. |
| 0:53.0 | We'll talk about their characteristics, adverse effects, contraindications, and we'll talk |
| 0:57.9 | about how they're used, specifically what are their current indications. |
| 1:04.6 | We'll talk about treatment-resistant depression, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, ADHD, smoking |
| 1:11.0 | cessation, Parkinson's disease, migraines, and not only is there an audio episode on this, |
| 1:17.6 | but you can also find a more full and even more robust article on this on the website. |
| 1:23.1 | I think this is a great episode for someone in psychiatry to understand a medication in |
| 1:30.1 | depth. |
| 1:31.1 | We've had a lot of popularity in the past with other episodes on like close-aping and |
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