Amitriptyline ingredients help (Albus brand)

[AmiShitsaline]

Hello all, I’m trying to find out some info without having to speak to the GP or pharmacist at this stage.

I have been on Amitriptyline 10mg for 4 years, I believe the brand is Albus - it’s in a purple box. Before Christmas I had to change pharmacy and they gave me a different brand. After reading another mumsnet thread about medication I have twigged that this coincided with me getting really bad tummy issues, extreme bloating, gas and diarrhoea especially at night (I take the pills in an evening). It also seems to happen more when I have not eaten as much although I am trying to take them after food.

if anyone has the ingredients list for these pills I can compare it with my current brand, it would be really helpful for me to have the info before seeing my GP about it. Many thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

Is it Almus or Albus?

Yes that’s the one! Almus 🤦🏻‍♀️ I think that was autocorrect fail 🧙‍♂️

It's alamy isn't it ?

Alamy is the photography stock company.

Do you not have the patient info leaflet that comes in the box? The ingredients will be on that. If not, you can look it up online.

Its Almus

I have the same problem with Mirtazapine. I can use either the Almus, Accord or Actavis brand which are all the same and I think are made by the same manufacturer.

One time I noticed that I was feeling awful, insomnia, headaches, anxiety, dizzy and realised that I felt like I was withdrawing from my meds, (been through that before so knew what it felt like) I noticed that I had been on a different brand from the chemist, and realised that it was that what was causing the issue. People who say they are the same and it is a psychological effect are talking rubbish, different tablets have different bioavailability and I am really sensitive to it.

The ingredients for amitriptyline made by Almus is
Tablet Core:

lactose monohydrate

microcrystalline cellulose

croscarmellose sodium

magnesium stearate

Film Coating:

polyvinyl alcohol-partially hydrolysed (E1203)

Talc (E555b)

Titanium dioxide (E171)

Hypromellose (E464)

Indigo carmine (E132)

Macrogol (E1521)

https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=9c6e0e05-b579-4fae-b768-e1a664c39bb8

Here you go

Oh no is it

No I don’t have any left from before Christmas, I only have my new brand info and I can’t find it online either

The only active ingredient is amitriptyline, the rest are inactive ingredients to be fair.

yes but they contain lactose, I am lactose intolerant so that can cause gut issues

Sorry if I’m being thick but I can’t see the brand name on this info, does it specify Almus?

Thanks but this doesn’t seem to be the Almus brand unless I’m reading it wrong

Thank you, was this info online?

@AmiShitsaline its a generic do the ingredients will be the same

@Cattrovert the amount of lactose monohydrate will be minimal

@Cattrovert i am aware that for someone who is lactose intolerant this can be a pain. Especially if you need to take medication consistently though.

yes, I am on other meds too that seem to contain it, plays havoc with my IBS😂

My current 10mg Flamingo tablets are white, but I’ve previously been given pale blue or bright blue 10mg ones. The exact ingredients lists for this brand varies by dosage, presumably as the colour varies.

I am suspicious about the macrogol as it’s a laxative which can cause these symptoms! But if the original pills also have this then I will have to go back to the drawing board. It just seems a coincidence that it started the same time as these new pills and it starts in the evening after taking them. I haven’t changed my diet or anything that I can think of.

The principal ones, yes, but not all ingredients, and the OP may be sensitive to the bulking agents or colours etc.

Recently I started a new drug and was supplied with 2 x 28 tablets. The pharmacy gave me two boxes, different brands. One contained wheat, the other didn’t. Fortunately it declares this on the outside of the sealed box so the pharmacy has said I can return them.

OP, I had very serious effects after the pharmacy gave me a different brand. I phoned my GP practice who let the pharmacy know (repeat prescription). The pharmacist asked me some questions and reported it asking me to report it to. You can do it here: https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/#

Yes. It's from here section 6.1
https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/10849/smpc#gref