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Amitriptyline for pain

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jimmy1979
jimmy1979

has anyone found Amitriptyline useful for pain ? Currently suffering from nerve type pain so hopefully it will help. 

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  • simon1975mar
    simon1975mar jimmy1979

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    Yes, I'm on this - again, for chronic nerve pain. I'm also on tramadol, gabapentin and pregabalin. This mixture does seem to be working. (Note: the pregabalin is also for my anxiety disorder - but it helps with the nerve pain too).

    I'd say that amitriptyline is not - by itself - sufficient to effectively manage severe nerve pain. Maybe consult with your doctor about other drugs to take alongside this.

    • jimmy1979
      jimmy1979 simon1975mar

      Posted

      Thanks for your help. I also take Tramadol during the day and didn't find gabapentin helped. Maybe Pregabalin might also help me. I'll give the Amitripyline a go first though. 

      Appreciate your help. 

  • Nuggets
    Nuggets jimmy1979

    Posted

    Hi, I was taking Amitriptyline for anxiety but it also helped with my neck problems, nerves in my neck were being pintched due to my neck bones crumbling.
    • jimmy1979
      jimmy1979 Nuggets

      Posted

      Ouch ! That sounds painful. Do you mind me asking what dose you were on ? I'm currently on 20mg. 
  • Nuggets
    Nuggets jimmy1979

    Posted

    I was on 50 mg per night.
    • duracell_dave
      duracell_dave Nuggets

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      Hi nuggets, I've been on 50mg amitriptyline for the last 10 days and now I go to bed knackered at 10.30pm instead of midnight but can't seem to get up early to walk our dog,I feel like crap until I've dragged my self to the bathroom for a shave etc,I'm like that Neanderthal fella that go's from a monkey to a man in stages 😃,I've told myself that I have 30 mins to get to a normal state and just try and accept it.well we will see. ☺
    • Nuggets
      Nuggets duracell_dave

      Posted

      I was on amitriptyline for years at one time 150 a night for my anxiety, then got less, but it helped with my neck pain. Now I don't take it any more, I am off it completly took nearly a year to come off it but now amitriptyline free.  The cost 

      = my neck pain hurts more now, sods law lol

  • AnthonyNoel
    AnthonyNoel jimmy1979

    Posted

    Yes Jimmy I too have found Amitriptyline very helpful for two problems one is chronic prostatitis and neuropathy. I also take Gabapentin during the day for neuropathy (nerve pain in legs and feet) I have been on Amitryptyline for many years (50mg at night). It is very effective. I am rather disturbed however to hear recently that Amitrypyline can trigger dementia in some people. As I have taken the medication for so long and found it helpful and with no side effects, not even a common one of dry mouth, I shall continue with it it unless my doctor thinks it unwise to do so. Hope this info. may be of help to you. 
  • tracy60472
    tracy60472 jimmy1979

    Posted

    Yes, I'm on 25mg for SEVERE neuropathy in my legs. I use it in combination with other drugs as alsohave fibromyalgia and several herniated disc in my neck and back. But the amitriptyline in combination with the neurontin works well. Except for the weight gain because of the amitriptyline! I've gained 11lbs and it seemed like most of the weight gain started when they upped me from 10mg to the 25mg!
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