Nortriptyline Abuse: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
John Jeffrey Miller1, William L Whiting2, Glenn Catalano
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine.
Abstract:
The tricyclic antidepressants have long been a tool in the physician's armament for numerous indications, the most prominent of which being depression. Although their efficacy and side effects have been well documented, less known is their abuse. Prior literature has discussed this more for the tertiary amines such as amitriptyline, but currently, there are no documented cases of abuse with the secondary amine nortriptyline. This article reviews the prior literature in regard to tricyclic antidepressants and anticholinergics as substances of abuse, the proposed mechanisms of this, and susceptible populations, as well as a case review of a patient who admitted to using nortriptyline for its "buzz."
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