Resting Tremor during Low-dose Tricyclic Antidepressant Treatment: A case report.
- Author:
Young Bok LEE
1
;
Jong Taek PARK
;
Ja Youn JEON
;
Kwang Ho LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: neuropathic pain; side effect; tremor; tricyclic antidepressant
- MeSH: Aged; Amitriptyline; Female; Humans; Neuralgia; Neuralgia, Postherpetic; Tremor*
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain 2007;20(1):71-73
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) is a useful drug for treating neuropathic pain. However, tremors are one of the relatively frequent side effects of TCA. A female patient, who was suffering from postherpetic neuralgia, was treated with amitriptyline starting with 10 mg/day. She developed resting tremors on the second day after increasing the dose to 30 mg/day. This case highlights the need for the careful use of amitriptyline in the treatment of neuropathic pain in elderly patients.
