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Amitriptyline: the neurologist's dirty little secret

A very interesting article from Professor Gavin Giovannoni. Don't be freaked out. Read it all for context. Gavin does enjoy have a dig at neurologists he sees as a bit lazy sometimes. https://gavingiovannoni.substack.com/p/amitriptyline-the-neurologists-dirty?utm_source=publication-search&utm_medium=email
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@DominicS , I read this article some time ago, and in my opinion, Prof Giovannoni is spot on. He stops just short of intimating cultural reasons underlying the prescription of such serotonin-inhibitors en-masse to pwMS, who are routinely being prescribed off-label medication to treat MS symptoms. Back in 2018, I was prescribed Amitriptyline initially for pain management of excruciating paresthesia in both legs and feet. I took it for all of two, very long weeks only, then flatly refused to take any more, due to its disabling somnolent effects. Then, Duloxtine, for one day only, the effects of which were even worse than Amitriptylene. I no longer take any medication for pain management, choosing instead to thoroughly research medicinal properties of herbs, then using them accordingly.

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