Amitriptylines (Elavil, Endep), one in a class of antidepressants that include doxepin (
Adapin), nortriptyline (Aventyl) and protriptyline (Triptil).
Examples include doxepin (
Adapin, Sinequan), amitriptyline (Elavil), desipramine (Norpramin) and nortriptyline (Pamelor).
Another widely prescribed category of psychiatric drugs consists of antidepressants, the most common being Prozac, Pamelor, Elavil, Tofranil,
Adapin, Sinequan, and Desyrel.
According to one national study carried out by the National Institute of Drug Abuse for the year 1976-77, there were "5,800 drug-related deaths in hospital emergency rooms for 16 of the more widely used psychiatric drugs." The psychiatric drugs involved in these deaths were broken down as follows: "major tranquilizers -- Mellaril (200), Thorazine (100); minor tranquilizers -- Valium (900), Librium (200), Equanil and Miltown (200); antidepressants -- Elavil (700),
Adapin and Sinequan (200)." At the same time, there are no state or national death statistics published for psychiatric institutions -- at least none I'm aware of -- so we still don't know how many inmates have died in which institutions from which causes.
Examples include doxepin (
Adapin, Sinequan), amitriptyline (Elavil, Etrafon, Limbitrol, Triavil), desipramine (Norpramin), and nortriptyline (Pamelor).
