Aventyl HCl (nortriptyline) is used to treat symptoms of melancholy and gloominess in serious patients. Nortriptyline or more commonly known as Pamelor belongs to a category or group of drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. Nortriptyline or Aventyl specifically affects the chemicals in the brain that may are disturbed resulting into continued depression.

Antidepressant pills like Aventyl HCl (nortriptyline) should always be consumed just as prescribed by the doctor. Using up of such antidepressant medicines in bigger amounts or in excess of time should be avoided if not recommended by the doctor. The doctor might alter and adapt the doses at regular intrenals for better results.

Certain familiar side effects of anti depressant drugs or anti depressant tablets like Aventyl HCl (nortriptyline) or Pamelor are,

 Sudden headache and problems with vision, speech, or balance;
 Uncertainty and hallucinations
 Irregular and pounding heart rate
 Heaviness and chest pain
 A spreading pain in the arms and shoulders
 Sweating and nausea
 Weakness with an abrupt feeling of numbness in a particular side of the body or tremors
 Seizure and convulsions
 Easy bruising and bleeding

Never take nortriptyline if you have the history of using a MAO inhibitor for example, isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate) within the preceding 14 days.

Also keep away from drinking alcohol with antidepressant tablets like Pamelor as it can lead to dangerous side effects when taken with nortriptyline.

In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.

Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will order certain lab tests to check your response to nortriptyline.

Do not let anyone else take your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription

If you take several doses per day, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it and take any remaining doses for that day at evenly spaced intervals. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule.

If you take nortriptyline once a day at bedtime and do not remember to take it until the next morning, skip the missed dose. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.

Always use Aventyl as approved by the doctor. On missing a dose, try to take it immediately on remembering. But if it is by now time for the next dose of then leave out the one you forgot and start once again by means of the normal schedule. Sudden stop of antidepressant medicines like Pamelor or nortriptyline can lead to horrid side effects.

Nortriptyline also is used occasionally to treat panic disorders, chronic pain, premenstrual depression, and some skin conditions. Talk to your doctor about the possible risks of using this drug for your condition.

Make it a point to store nortriptyline or Pamelor or Aventyl, at room temperature devoid of any direct contact with heat or moisture!

Try not to use such antidepressant drugs or antidepressant tablets if you are sensitive to to nortriptyline or if you lately had a heart problem. Antidepressant pills are also not favorable if you have bipolar disorder or over active thyroid or schizophrenia or glaucoma.