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amitriptyline and Aging

amitriptyline has been researched along with Aging in 35 studies

Amitriptyline: Tricyclic antidepressant with anticholinergic and sedative properties. It appears to prevent the re-uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin at nerve terminals, thus potentiating the action of these neurotransmitters. Amitriptyline also appears to antagonize cholinergic and alpha-1 adrenergic responses to bioactive amines.
amitriptyline : An organic tricyclic compound that is 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d][7]annulene substituted by a 3-(dimethylamino)propylidene group at position 5.

Aging: The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Amitriptyline treatment from midlife preserved water maze performance with aging (p < 0."5.31Chronic treatment with the antidepressant amitriptyline prevents impairments in water maze learning in aging rats. ( Hibberd, C; Meaney, MJ; Morris, RG; Noble, J; Rowe, WB; Seckl, JR; Yau, JL, 2002)
" In this study relaxation training, administered in a limited contact format, and amitriptyline were compared for juvenile episodic tension-type headache."5.12Pharmacological treatment compared to behavioural treatment for juvenile tension-type headache: results at two-year follow-up. ( Andrasik, F; Bussone, G; Grazzi, L; Usai, S, 2007)
" Ninety-one hospitalised patients with a major depression (DSM-III) aged 65 and over from six Austrian and one German center were entered into the study, which compared the efficacy and tolerability of paroxetine versus amitriptyline."5.08Multicenter double blind study of paroxetine and amitriptyline in elderly depressed inpatients. ( Fartacek, R; Geretsegger, C; Heim, M; Mair, M; Platz, T; Stuppaeck, CH, 1995)
"Concentrations of amitriptyline (AT), nortriptyline (NT) and E-10-hydroxynortriptyline (E-10-OH-NT) were measured in 18 women with bulimia receiving 100 mg AT/day for at least 6 wk."3.67Therapeutic drug monitoring of amitriptyline: impact of age, smoking and contraceptives on drug and metabolite levels in bulimic women. ( de Wolff, FA; Edelbroek, PM; Knoppert-van der Klein, EA; van Putten, PM; Zitman, FG, 1987)
" The effects of oestrogen treatment and maturation were studied in female rabbits and of aging and amitriptyline treatment in male rabbits."3.67A comparison of alpha 2-adrenoceptor regulation in brain and platelets. ( Barr, S; Hamilton, CA; Jones, CR; Mishra, N; Reid, JL, 1985)
"Amitriptyline was superior to placebo in number with improvement in frequency of ≥ 50% at 8 weeks (25% vs 5% [P = ."2.76Amitriptyline in the prophylactic treatment of migraine and chronic daily headache. ( Couch, JR, 2011)
" Outcome measures included area under the plasma cyclobenzaprine concentration versus time curve (AUC) to 168 hours (AUC168) and infinity (AUC infinity), peak plasma cyclobenzaprine concentration (Cmax), time to observed Cmax (tmax) and terminal elimination half-life of cyclobenzaprine."2.74Comparison of the single-dose pharmacokinetics of once-daily cyclobenzaprine extended-release 30 mg and cyclobenzaprine immediate-release 10 mg three times daily in the elderly: a randomized, open-label, crossover study. ( Darwish, M; Xie, F, 2009)
" The adverse effects were less frequent in the experimental group."2.71Comparison of efficacy and safety between individualized and empiric dose regimen of amitriptyline in the treatment of major depressive episode. ( Jankovic, SM; Mihajlovic, GS; Milovanovic, DR, 2003)
"It is important to understand both the kinetic and the dynamic implications of dosing TCAs and BZs in the elderly, for whom these drugs are frequently prescribed."2.37Implications of dosing tricyclic antidepressants and benzodiazepines in geriatrics. ( Cutler, NR; Narang, PK, 1984)
"Buspirone was not removed by hemodialysis."2.37Metabolism and disposition of buspirone. ( Gammans, RE; LaBudde, JA; Mayol, RF, 1986)
"Amitriptyline treatment from midlife preserved water maze performance with aging (p < 0."1.31Chronic treatment with the antidepressant amitriptyline prevents impairments in water maze learning in aging rats. ( Hibberd, C; Meaney, MJ; Morris, RG; Noble, J; Rowe, WB; Seckl, JR; Yau, JL, 2002)
"Amitriptyline treatment decreased 5-HT1A receptor mRNA expression in the dorsal raphe nucleus of the aged rats (24% fall compared to saline treated controls, p<0."1.30Serotonin receptor subtype gene expression in the hippocampus of aged rats following chronic amitriptyline treatment. ( Noble, J; Olsson, T; Seckl, JR; Yau, JL, 1999)
" More cautions dosage regimens of these drug should be considered for elderly patients."1.27Age differences in effects on blood pressure, flicker fusion frequency, salivation and pharmacokinetics of single oral doses of dothiepin and amitriptyline. ( Hazama, H; Honma, H; Kawahara, K; Kishimoto, A; Mizukawa, R; Ogura, C, 1983)

Research

Studies (35)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199012 (34.29)18.7374
1990's16 (45.71)18.2507
2000's4 (11.43)29.6817
2010's3 (8.57)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Darwish, M1
Xie, F1
Couch, JR1
Rantamäki, T1
Vesa, L1
Antila, H1
Di Lieto, A1
Tammela, P1
Schmitt, A1
Lesch, KP1
Rios, M1
Castrén, E1
Suri, D1
Veenit, V1
Sarkar, A1
Thiagarajan, D1
Kumar, A1
Nestler, EJ1
Galande, S1
Vaidya, VA1
HORDERN, A1
HOLT, NF1
BURT, CG1
GORDON, WF1
Mihajlovic, GS1
Milovanovic, DR1
Jankovic, SM1
Andrasik, F1
Grazzi, L1
Usai, S1
Bussone, G1
Branconnier, RJ2
Harto-Truax, NE1
Cole, JO2
Cutler, NR1
Narang, PK1
Ogura, C1
Kishimoto, A1
Mizukawa, R1
Hazama, H1
Honma, H1
Kawahara, K1
DeVitt, DR1
Spera, KF1
Henderson, MG2
McMillen, BA2
Schmider, J1
Deuschle, M1
Schweiger, U1
Körner, A1
Gotthardt, U1
Heuser, IJ1
Yau, JL4
Olsson, T3
Morris, RG2
Meaney, MJ2
Seckl, JR4
Suzuki, M1
Yamaguchi, T1
Ozawa, Y1
Iwai, A1
Yamamoto, M1
Geretsegger, C1
Stuppaeck, CH1
Mair, M1
Platz, T1
Fartacek, R1
Heim, M1
Rechlin, T1
Claus, D1
Weis, M1
Monteleone, P1
Fabrazzo, M1
Amitai, Y1
Kennedy, EJ1
DeSandre, P1
Frischer, H1
Rao, ML1
Deister, A1
Laux, G1
Staberock, U1
Höflich, G1
Möller, HJ1
Schiffman, SS1
Graham, BG1
Suggs, MS1
Sattely-Miller, EA1
Kelly, PA1
Noble, J3
Lehofer, M1
Moser, M1
Hoehn-Saric, R1
McLeod, D1
Hildebrandt, G1
Egner, S1
Steinbrenner, B1
Liebmann, P1
Zapotoczky, HG1
Hibberd, C1
Rowe, WB1
Reveley, MA1
Glover, V1
Slander, M1
Coppen, A1
Goldblatt, D1
McConnaughey, MM1
Fukuchi, H1
Kitaura, T1
Miyake, K1
Kimura, M1
Kimura, Y1
Sarai, K1
Nakahara, T1
Corona, GL1
Cucchi, ML1
Frattini, P1
Santagostino, G1
Schinelli, S1
Zerbi, F1
Savoldi, F1
McMahon, TF1
Weiner, M1
Lesko, L1
Emm, T1
Gammans, RE1
Mayol, RF1
LaBudde, JA1
Edelbroek, PM1
Zitman, FG1
Knoppert-van der Klein, EA1
van Putten, PM1
de Wolff, FA1
Hamilton, CA1
Jones, CR1
Mishra, N1
Barr, S1
Reid, JL1
Rosenthal, SH1

Reviews

2 reviews available for amitriptyline and Aging

ArticleYear
Implications of dosing tricyclic antidepressants and benzodiazepines in geriatrics.
    The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 1984, Volume: 7, Issue:4

    Topics: Adipose Tissue; Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Anxiety Disorde

1984
Metabolism and disposition of buspirone.
    The American journal of medicine, 1986, Mar-31, Volume: 80, Issue:3B

    Topics: Absorption; Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Anxiety Di

1986

Trials

12 trials available for amitriptyline and Aging

ArticleYear
Comparison of the single-dose pharmacokinetics of once-daily cyclobenzaprine extended-release 30 mg and cyclobenzaprine immediate-release 10 mg three times daily in the elderly: a randomized, open-label, crossover study.
    Drugs & aging, 2009, Volume: 26, Issue:2

    Topics: Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Cross-Over Studies; Delayed-Action Preparations; Female; Humans; Male; M

2009
Amitriptyline in the prophylactic treatment of migraine and chronic daily headache.
    Headache, 2011, Volume: 51, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Double-Blind Method

2011
Comparison of efficacy and safety between individualized and empiric dose regimen of amitriptyline in the treatment of major depressive episode.
    Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2003, Volume: 57, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents; Bayes Theorem; Depressive Disorder, Major;

2003
Pharmacological treatment compared to behavioural treatment for juvenile tension-type headache: results at two-year follow-up.
    Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007, Volume: 28 Suppl 2

    Topics: Adolescent; Age Factors; Aging; Amitriptyline; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Child; Disability Evaluatio

2007
Amitriptyline selectively disrupts verbal recall from secondary memory of the normal aged.
    Neurobiology of aging, 1982,Spring, Volume: 3, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Female; Humans; Male; Memory; Mental Recall; Middle Aged; Visual Percept

1982
Amitriptyline metabolism in elderly depressed patients and normal controls in relation to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system function.
    Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 1995, Volume: 15, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic;

1995
Multicenter double blind study of paroxetine and amitriptyline in elderly depressed inpatients.
    Psychopharmacology, 1995, Volume: 119, Issue:3

    Topics: Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Depression; Double-Blind Method; Female; Humans; Male; Paroxetine; Time

1995
Heart rate analysis in 24 patients treated with 150 mg amitriptyline per day.
    Psychopharmacology, 1994, Volume: 116, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases; Depressive Disorder; Electroca

1994
Blood levels of mianserin and amitriptyline and clinical response in aged depressed patients.
    Pharmacopsychiatry, 1994, Volume: 27, Issue:6

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Amitriptyline; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Depressive Diso

1994
Low serum levels of tricyclic antidepressants in amitriptyline- and doxepin-treated inpatients with depressive syndromes are associated with nonresponse.
    Pharmacopsychiatry, 1996, Volume: 29, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Body Mass In

1996
Influence of age on the parasympatholytic property of tricyclic antidepressants.
    Psychiatry research, 1999, Feb-22, Volume: 85, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female; H

1999
Absence of platelet monamine oxidase inhibition during amitriptyline or zimelidine treatment.
    British journal of clinical pharmacology, 1979, Volume: 8, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Aging; Allylamine; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents; Blood Platelets; Depression; Humans;

1979

Other Studies

21 other studies available for amitriptyline and Aging

ArticleYear
Antidepressant drugs transactivate TrkB neurotrophin receptors in the adult rodent brain independently of BDNF and monoamine transporter blockade.
    PloS one, 2011, Volume: 6, Issue:6

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Brain; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Glyc

2011
Early stress evokes age-dependent biphasic changes in hippocampal neurogenesis, BDNF expression, and cognition.
    Biological psychiatry, 2013, Apr-01, Volume: 73, Issue:7

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Brain-Derived Neu

2013
AMITRIPTYLINE IN DEPRESSIVE STATES: PHENOMENOLOGY AND PROGNOSTIC CONSIDERATIONS.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1963, Volume: 109

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Delusions; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Female; Humans; Menopause; Prognos

1963
The effect of aging on the positive chronotropic response to amitriptyline.
    Psychopharmacology, 1984, Volume: 82, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Depressive Disorder; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Mal

1984
Age differences in effects on blood pressure, flicker fusion frequency, salivation and pharmacokinetics of single oral doses of dothiepin and amitriptyline.
    European journal of clinical pharmacology, 1983, Volume: 25, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Blood Pressure; Dibenzothiepins; Dothiepin; Flicker Fusion; Human

1983
Changes in dopamine, serotonin and their metabolites in discrete brain areas of rat offspring after in utero exposure to cocaine or related drugs.
    Teratology, 1993, Volume: 48, Issue:5

    Topics: 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; Aging; Amitriptyline; Amygdala; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Brain

1993
Glucocorticoids, hippocampal corticosteroid receptor gene expression and antidepressant treatment: relationship with spatial learning in young and aged rats.
    Neuroscience, 1995, Volume: 66, Issue:3

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Corticosterone; Escape Reaction; Gene Expression; Hippocampus; In Sit

1995
Effect of YM796, a novel muscarinic agonist, on the impairment of passive avoidance response in senescence-accelerated mice.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 1995, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Aging; Aminoquinolines; Amitriptyline; Animals; Avoidance Learning; Cholinesterase Inhibitors; Mice;

1995
Distribution of amitriptyline and nortriptyline in blood: role of alpha-1-glycoprotein.
    Therapeutic drug monitoring, 1993, Volume: 15, Issue:4

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Erythrocytes; Fetal Blood; Humans; Nortr

1993
Effect of psychotropic drugs on taste responses in young and elderly persons.
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1998, Nov-30, Volume: 855

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Clomipramine; Desipramine; Doxepin; Female; Humans; Imipramine; M

1998
Chronic amitriptyline administration increases serotonin transporter binding sites in the hippocampus of aged rats.
    Neuroscience letters, 1999, Feb-19, Volume: 261, Issue:3

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Binding Sites; Carrier Proteins; De

1999
Serotonin receptor subtype gene expression in the hippocampus of aged rats following chronic amitriptyline treatment.
    Brain research. Molecular brain research, 1999, Jul-05, Volume: 70, Issue:2

    Topics: Aging; Alternative Splicing; Amitriptyline; Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Diencephalon; Gene Expression

1999
Chronic treatment with the antidepressant amitriptyline prevents impairments in water maze learning in aging rats.
    The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2002, Feb-15, Volume: 22, Issue:4

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adrenal Glands; Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Antidepressive Agents, Tricycli

2002
Treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
    Advances in neurology, 1977, Volume: 17

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Baclofen; Braces; Dantrolene; Deglutition Disor

1977
Long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to cocaine or related drugs: effects on rat brain monoaminergic receptors.
    Brain research bulletin, 1991, Volume: 26, Issue:6

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Brain; Cerebral Cortex; Cocaine; Corpus Striatum; Female; Male; Nalid

1991
Association between dosage and serum concentration of antidepressants.
    Clinical pharmacy, 1990, Volume: 9, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Antidepressive Agents; Biotransformation; Chromatography, High Pr

1990
Aspects of amitriptyline and nortriptyline plasma levels monitoring in depression.
    Psychopharmacology, 1990, Volume: 100, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Body Weight; Depressive Disorder; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Mo

1990
Effects of age on antidepressant kinetics and memory in Fischer 344 rats.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 1987, Volume: 26, Issue:2

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Kinetics; Learning; Male; Memory; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Scopolamin

1987
Therapeutic drug monitoring of amitriptyline: impact of age, smoking and contraceptives on drug and metabolite levels in bulimic women.
    Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 1987, Jun-15, Volume: 165, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aging; Amitriptyline; Bulimia; Chronic Disease; Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; D

1987
A comparison of alpha 2-adrenoceptor regulation in brain and platelets.
    Brain research, 1985, Nov-18, Volume: 347, Issue:2

    Topics: Aging; Amitriptyline; Animals; Blood Platelets; Brain; Clonidine; Estradiol; Female; Injections, Int

1985
Recognition of depression.
    Geriatrics, 1968, Volume: 23, Issue:9

    Topics: Aged; Aging; Amitriptyline; Brain Damage, Chronic; Depression; Humans; Imipramine; Social Isolation;

1968