Elavil and Panic attacks - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Panic attacks is reported as a side effect among people who take Elavil (amitriptyline hydrochloride), especially for people who are female, 40-49 old, have been taking the drug for 2 - 5 years also take Cymbalta, and have Pain.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people have Panic attacks when taking Elavil. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 19,133 people who have side effects when taking Elavil from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Elavil?
Elavil has active ingredients of amitriptyline hydrochloride. It is often used in depression. eHealthMe is studying from 20,723 Elavil users. Check the latest studies of Elavil.
What is Panic attacks?
Panic attacks is found to be associated with 2,582 drugs and 2,067 conditions by eHealthMe. Check the latest studies of Panic attacks.
19,133 people reported to have side effects when taking Elavil.
Among them, 255 people (1.33%) have Panic attacks.

Among these 255 people:
How long have people been on Elavil when they have Panic attacks? *
- < 1 month: 9.09 %
- 1 - 6 months: 27.27 %
- 6 - 12 months: 18.18 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 27.27 %
- 5 - 10 years: 18.18 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
What is the gender of people who have Panic attacks when taking Elavil? *
- female: 71.77 %
- male: 28.23 %
What is the age of people who have Panic attacks when taking Elavil? *
- 0-1: 0.47 %
- 2-9: 0.0 %
- 10-19: 0.47 %
- 20-29: 3.32 %
- 30-39: 22.27 %
- 40-49: 29.86 %
- 50-59: 23.22 %
- 60+: 20.38 %
What are other drugs people take besides Elavil? *
- Cymbalta: 65 people, 25.49%
- Oxycontin: 63 people, 24.71%
- Actemra: 53 people, 20.78%
- Xanax: 49 people, 19.22%
- Ativan: 48 people, 18.82%
- Synthroid: 45 people, 17.65%
- Pantoprazole: 45 people, 17.65%
- Morphine Sulfate: 45 people, 17.65%
- Ventolin: 40 people, 15.69%
- Acetaminophen: 39 people, 15.29%
What are other side effects people have besides Panic attacks? *
- Stress And Anxiety: 161 people, 63.14%
- Weakness: 138 people, 54.12%
- Headache (pain in head): 126 people, 49.41%
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit): 125 people, 49.02%
- Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation): 125 people, 49.02%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 114 people, 44.71%
- Dyspnea (difficult or laboured breathing): 109 people, 42.75%
- Pain: 108 people, 42.35%
- Pain In Extremity: 105 people, 41.18%
- Joint Pain: 96 people, 37.65%
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Pain: 81 people, 31.76%
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints): 58 people, 22.75%
- Sleep Disorder: 34 people, 13.33%
- Stress And Anxiety: 25 people, 9.80%
- High Blood Pressure: 22 people, 8.63%
- Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 15 people, 5.88%
- Bone Disorder: 15 people, 5.88%
- Muscle Spasms (muscle contraction): 13 people, 5.10%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 12 people, 4.71%
- Fibromyalgia (a long-term condition which causes pain all over the body): 10 people, 3.92%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies:
Effectiveness of, long term effects of, and alternative drugs to Elavil:
- Elavil (20,723 reports)
Panic attacks treatments and more:
- Panic attacks (65,702 reports)
How severe was Panic attacks and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of amitriptyline hydrochloride:
Sub-studies by gender and age:
Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Common Elavil side effects:
- Elavil side effect: Pain (2,524 reports)
- Elavil side effect: Drug ineffective (2,311 reports)
Browse all side effects of Elavil:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon drugs associated with Panic attacks:
- Xanax side effect: Panic attacks (2,377 reports)
- Clonazepam side effect: Panic attacks (1,781 reports)
- Seroquel side effect: Panic attacks (1,553 reports)
- Paxil side effect: Panic attacks (1,544 reports)
- Prednisone side effect: Panic attacks (1,500 reports)
- Zoloft side effect: Panic attacks (1,416 reports)
- Cymbalta side effect: Panic attacks (1,413 reports)
- Chantix side effect: Panic attacks (1,383 reports)
- Aspirin side effect: Panic attacks (1,340 reports)
- Lyrica side effect: Panic attacks (1,315 reports)
Browse all the drugs that are associated with Panic attacks:
- Panic attacks (2,582 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Panic attacks:
- Depression aggravated: 4,389 reports
- Antidepressant therapy: 4,383 reports
- Depression: 4,380 reports
- Anxiety: 3,663 reports
- Anxiolytic therapy: 3,662 reports
- Pain: 2,123 reports
- Pain relief: 2,090 reports
- Multiple sclerosis: 1,863 reports
- Panic disorder: 1,831 reports
- Panic attack: 1,767 reports
Browse all the conditions that are associated with Panic attacks:
- Panic attacks (2,067 conditions)
Drugs similar to Elavil and Panic attacks :
- Abilify side effect: Panic attacks
- Adderall side effect: Panic attacks
- Bupropion hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Celexa side effect: Panic attacks
- Citalopram hydrobromide side effect: Panic attacks
- Cymbalta side effect: Panic attacks
- Duloxetine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Effexor side effect: Panic attacks
- Effexor xr side effect: Panic attacks
- Escitalopram side effect: Panic attacks
- Escitalopram oxalate side effect: Panic attacks
- Fluoxetine side effect: Panic attacks
- Fluoxetine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Lamictal side effect: Panic attacks
- Lamotrigine side effect: Panic attacks
- Lexapro side effect: Panic attacks
- Lithium carbonate side effect: Panic attacks
- Luvox side effect: Panic attacks
- Mirtazapine side effect: Panic attacks
- Nortriptyline hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Paroxetine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Paxil side effect: Panic attacks
- Pristiq side effect: Panic attacks
- Prozac side effect: Panic attacks
- Remeron side effect: Panic attacks
- Seroquel side effect: Panic attacks
- Sertraline side effect: Panic attacks
- Sertraline hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Trazodone hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Trintellix side effect: Panic attacks
- Venlafaxine hydrochloride side effect: Panic attacks
- Viibryd side effect: Panic attacks
- Vitamin d side effect: Panic attacks
- Wellbutrin side effect: Panic attacks
- Wellbutrin sr side effect: Panic attacks
- Wellbutrin xl side effect: Panic attacks
- Zoloft side effect: Panic attacks
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Li W, Lamichhane J, "From Heartbreak to Left Bundle Branch Block: A Case of Amitriptyline Overdose", American Journal of Therapeutics, 2017 Sep .
- Li W, Lamichhane J, "From Heartbreak to Left Bundle Branch Block: A Case of Amitriptyline Overdose", American Journal of Therapeutics, 2017 Sep .
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on amitriptyline hydrochloride (the active ingredients of Elavil) and Elavil (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
How to use the study?
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