hi everyone
has anyone taken amitripyline for nerve pain and if they have how did they find it

From my surgery 9 years ago i was prescribed that drug it worked for me i took it at night before bed

with my recent Rt and having a dry mouth they decided it would be better to stop it

my shoulder and back and neck ache much more now

it dies cause dry mouth but it worked for me

Dave and Sue

Hello Bev

Amitriptyline is often prescribed to help with facial pains. The feedback from my patients who have taken it is that that it has helped some but others have said that it makes them feel sleepy the next day and they didn't like that. So it can affect people differently.

Often the pains in the area of the ear and side of face are TMD Myofascial (muscle) pains which are misdiagnosed. See: Oncologic stress: Its causality in myofascial pain disorder or in temporomandibular disorder . My advice on controlling facial muscle activity can be found here.

Hope that helps. Let me know how you get on.

Best wishes
Vinod

Hi Bev, don't seem to have heard much from your recently, how you are doing?

Hi Bev,

I have really bad nerve pain due to all the op's. I've been taking Neurontin, also known as Gabapentin. I was on 300mg four times a day but have got it down to 100mg four times which I'm very pleased about and hope to be able to reduce it futher soon.
Remeber too that we are coming into winter again (not that we had any damn summer)so any outside areas that are effected need to be wrapped up well. I also avoid any cold drinks from the fridge and drink them at room temprature as they can cause a very painful reaction too.

SusieR