descriptionsNortriptyline is an antidepressant medication of the tricyclic class. Medications in this class are often referred to as tricyclic antidepressants or TCAs. Depression is an all-pervasive sense of sadness and gloom. In some patients with depression abnormal levels of brain neurotransmitters chemicals that the nerve cells use to communicate with each other may be responsible for the depression. Nortriptyline elevates the mood anti-depresses by raising the level of neurotransmitters in brain tissue.
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