Guest guest Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 Elavil is an antidepresant. It has been used some, to see if it might help reduce pain for things like Fibromyalgia. But, it was never that good for that, either--and that is not as painful as pancreatitis gets!!! [i know from experience]. It sounds, IMHO, like the Dr. is trying anything he can think of to try to reduce pain levels. LIKELY, it still needs to be used in conjuction with narcotic pain killers, but maybe he hopes it might reduce the amounts of norcotics needed. When I used to work hospice, it was found that narcotic pain meds could be reduced, thereby reducing bad side effects of those, by pairing the narcotics with non-steroidal antiinflammatory pain killers, like ibuprofen or acetomenophen. Sometimes other meds, like scopalomine, or other meds, depending on the persons individual needs. Elavil works on seratonin levels in the brain, and for some people, has some beneficial effects on their pain levels. But not that often, nor for that many people, and not usually for severe pain....but they keep trying it anyhow. And yeah, I think too many Dr's have their common sense excised during the graduation ceremony from med school--something about that fool tassel!! LOL! Blessed Be, Connie WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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