Re: Amitriptyline and continued growth

From: Robin M (rmasse2333@aol.com)
Mon Mar 24 11:23:38 2003

Dear Joanna, I was put on Elavil to help with the adhesion pain. I am also on other depression meds. The Elavil made my depression worse and did not help with my pain. Adhesions start growing 3 hours after surgery and grow for about 7 days. The adhesions stay there and tighten, causing pulling on the organs or what ever they are attached to, causing pain. They will stay until they are cut out. I hope you find this information helpful. robin M

At Mon, 24 Mar 2003, joanna.adler@yale.edu wrote: >
>Hi there,
>
>I have been on Amitrpytiline (Elavil) in the past, and may have had some
>success with it. Being that I didn't have a full flare up of pain
>anyways, but who knows if that is why? Since I think the obstruction
>happened after the fact. I went off of it, but now my docs are putting
>me back on. I wanted to know if anyone else had any experiences with
>this drug and if they were successful and any other information they had
>on their personal experiences with it, dosages, too.
>
>Also, I was wondering how long adhesions continue to grow for after
>surgery, if they continue indefinately, and also, if they adhese to an
>organ (in my case, the Colon)do they untangle themsevles, or just stay
>there forever?
>
>Thanks again you all for being here, this website is a lifesaver, truly!
>
>Joanna

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