| Note |
Amitriptyline t.d.s. Is this your usual prescription? If it is, then you will want to prescribe the advanced formulation that makes amitriptyline treatment simpler and safer. This is Lentizol, sustained-release amitriptyline. Simpler because Lentizol is taken only once a day, at bedtime. This simple dosage regimen reduces patient default, makes treatment more certain. Safer because Lentizol deals with an important presenting symptom - insomnia - by concentrating sedative effect during the patient's sleeping hours. Also, since Lentizol produces the same response at two-thirds the dosage of ordinary amitriptyline, the risk of daytime drowsiness is reduced. The cost of treatment with Lentizol is comparable to ordinary amitriptyline. The simpler, safer amitriptyline. |
