elavil and caffeine/was what is this article saying?

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hi ladies--

well i did some further investigation into this and actually found

several abstracts in PubMed that discussed the " blocking " effect that

caffeine has on the pain-controlling properties of elavil. these

studies have been done in the last couple of years, so i guess it's

relatively new information.

it looks like in several studies the tricyclic did not control pain in

patients who were consuming caffeine.

just a heads up. i am a coffee drinker, so it looks like if i want

this med to help me, i'll have to switch to decaf!

julie

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> Hi Ladies--

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> Can someone help me understand this article....is it saying that using

> caffeine while taking amitriptyline will make the drug less effective

> in pain control?

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed & Cmd=ShowDetailView & TermToSear\

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> Thanks!

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[Guest guest]

Hey, , that is such good info and thanks for sharing...I'm sure others will benefit... Hugs, Chellefemifesto wrote: hi ladies--well i did some further investigation into this and actually foundseveral abstracts in PubMed that discussed the "blocking" effect thatcaffeine has on the pain-controlling properties of elavil. thesestudies have been done in the last couple of years, so i guess it'srelatively new information.