NortRIPTLINE

[pupuke]

Doctor has put me on nortriptyline 10 mg at night .Reading side effects worried me as it say the drug can cause blurred vision. Anyone on this can you let me know if this happens.

[Fruitandnutcase]

Haven’t tried nortriptyline but I was prescribed pregabalin and later gabapentin for nerve pain from CRPS after my plaster cast was removed when I broke my wrist.

I didn’t get on with either and my eyes were horribly affected - I had very blurred vision while I was taking both drugs (although it wasn’t for long) it made reading and watching TV so difficult I pretty much gave up and one of the drugs seemed to affect my colour vision - the world looked grey - although it went back to normal once I stopped because I didn’t like the feelings I had with the drug.

I was prescribed amitryptiline many years ago and don’t remember having any problems with my vision then - again I didn’t take it for long - basically my GP prescribed it when I was actually needing an increase in levothyroxine when I was being treated for Graves Disease. By the time I saw the consultant I had phased it out and when I mentioned it she just rolled her eyes, said ‘that would never work’ and increased my levothyroxine.

I didn’t have any unpleasant side effects then though.