Elavil, Endep, Amitriptyline News

The widely used antidepressant and pain medication amitriptyline--but not other closely related drugs -- can impersonate the brain's own growth factors, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have shown.

The man accused of killing student Dinah McNicol has a history of drugging, raping and murdering young girls, a court heard yesterday.

The body of a woman was found by an estate agent who had taken a potential buyer to view her house, an inquest heard.

Drugs used to treat clinical depression, a medical condition characterized by long-standing feelings of sadness, apathy, and hopelessness.

Multimodal self-management has a "modest effect" in reducing vulvodynia, but low-dose amitriptyline, with or without topical triamcinolone, has no significant benefit, according to the first prospective, randomized trial to compare these treatment approaches.

More than two million anti-depressant tablets have been supplied to clinics, pharmacies and the Hospital Authority even though the company that packed them did not have a license to do so.

Few direct head-to-head comparisons have been conducted between drugs for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain .

Widely-used antidepressants could prevent infections which shorten the lives of many cystic fibrosis patients.

Renee R. Koski, BS, PharmD, CACP, FMPA Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice Ferris State University, College of Pharmacy UPHEC, Marquette, Michigan Joan M. Rider-Becker, BS, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM Certified ...

Certain antidepressants lessen the distress of pain and sleep disturbances for fibromyalgia patients, boosting their quality of life, a report found.

Jan. 13, 2009 -- Certain antidepressants can be effective treatments for fibromyalgia , but it is not clear if they are good choices for long-term use, a new research analysis shows.

I read in your column a while back that a person heard music after taking the antidepressant amitriptyline.

Q. I read in your column a while back that a person heard music after taking the antidepressant amitriptyline.

Question: I read in your column a while back that a person heard music after taking the antidepressant amitriptyline.

DESIGN: A single blind randomised controlled trial created from the two week placebo run-in periods for two nested trials that compared acupuncture and amitriptyline with their respective placebo controls.