# Verapamil and nortriptyline

**URL:** <https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398>\
**Category:** Combo's\
**Created:** [October 12, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398 "2013-10-12T23:54:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Becky2013](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@Becky2013](https://mvertigo.org/u/Becky2013)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398/1 "2013-10-12T23:54:32Z")

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Anyone taken both of these at the same time?

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**Author:** ![DizzyForLife](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DizzyForLife](https://mvertigo.org/u/DizzyForLife)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398/2 "2013-10-13T04:18:17Z")

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I’ve never taken Nori, but I took Verapamil and Amitriptyline (very similar to Nortriptyline) together… why do you ask?

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**Author:** ![Becky2013](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@Becky2013](https://mvertigo.org/u/Becky2013)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398/3 "2013-10-13T08:49:28Z")

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I was just told from my specialist to combine them but then i checked my med checked and it said it can cause moderate interactions but just wanted to know people’s experiences with mixing trycyclic with verap thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![DizzyForLife](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DizzyForLife](https://mvertigo.org/u/DizzyForLife)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398/4 "2013-10-13T14:34:50Z")

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_— Begin quote from **“Becky2013”** _

I was just told from my specialist to combine them but then i checked my med checked and it said it can cause moderate interactions but just wanted to know people’s experiences with mixing trycyclic with verap thanks 🙂

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It’s always good to check, but a lot of times doctors already know the possible interactions and aren’t worried about them. IIRC, I was on 50mg of amitriptyline and 160mg of Verapamil… something like that. It has been a number of years since I was on that combo. I’m not sure what the equivalent dose of nortriptyline would be. My dosage of amitriptyline was open ended too - I just started with the lowest dose and increase by 10mg if I wasn’t getting any relief on that after awhile. Hopefully the combo works out well for you!

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**Author:** ![Tess](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://mvertigo.org/u/Tess)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/verapamil-and-nortriptyline/7398/5 "2019-08-12T17:27:36Z")

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I take 10mg Nortriptyline at night and 240mg SR Verapamil in the morning, I’ve been doing this for almost 4 weeks and it has made a huge difference. The past week I’ve had only one day of rocking and the tinnitus is averaging a 3 on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the worse). Nortriptyline alone increased my heart rate too much so the Verapamil keeps my heart rate down to my normal resting around 68-71 bpm. I don’t like taking one drug to counteract another but in this case it seems to be well worth it.