Misc Amatriptyline

[lost weekend]

My wife has tennis elbow and she has already had a cortisone injection which hasn't worked
She had it in her other arm a few years back and had to go through the same tedius process with the NHS
Until they finally operated on it ,I guess their process is to do with costs/money ,injections are cheaper than
Operations
She has been prescribed Amitriptyline as a nerve pain killer
Is there any side affects She should be aware of because I've heard people use them as sleeping pills
Rather get someone's actual experience using them than reading the generic info inside pack
Thanks

 

[Shambles]

I found they left me intensely drowsy and often caused crippling headaches. Can’t stand the stuff myself but some seem to get on just fine with them. I was prescribed them for sleep fwiw. One of the few prescriptions I never had refilled.

 

[paranoid android]

I was on it for trigeminal neuralgia like 20 years ago maybe now. Makes you really drowsy and also gave me sleep paralysis. Then it stopped working altogether

 

[Robi]

I hate it,as shambles said,I didn't refill the script

 

[lost weekend]

I don't think my wife will tolerate it ,she hasn't taken one yet ,I can't understand why they couldn't just give her codine or dhc

 

[kris66]

It causes weight gain. My Neurologist prescribed it for me for my migraines but I never did take it because I didn’t want the side effects. Later I read it’s hard to get off of so I’m glad I didn’t.

 

[Survival0200]

My doc suggested doxepin for insomnia - it's also a tricyclic antidepressant like amitriptyline. I guess they both can be used for insomnia. I don't know how pleasent they are, though ...

I've heard people use them as sleeping pills

 

[lost weekend]

I think tennis elbow effects the tendens but it surely would affect the nerves surrounding them
Could they not have prescribed pregablin or something similar?

 

[paranoid android]

I think tennis elbow effects the tendens but it surely would affect the nerves surrounding them
Could they not have prescribed pregablin or something similar?

Lyrica works alot better for nerve pain then amitriptyline. Ive been on both for trigeminal neuralgia. However neither really works as well as a opiate. For something like tennis elbow some codeine and ibuprofen would work great