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Your healthcare provider may raise your amitriptyline dose over time based on your response
Amitriptyline is commonly prescribed to help ease certain types of nerve pain, and also to help prevent
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This medicine is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA)
Although Elavil and other brand-name forms of amitriptyline have been discontinued, you can still get this medication under its generic name
The Elavil dosage for pain is different than it is for depression, and it may depend on exactly where your pain is, as well
Generic name: amitriptyline hydrochloride Dosage form: tablet, film coated Drug class: Tricyclic antidepressants
Amitriptyline Hydrochloride Tablets USP, 10 mg
This means the common side effects tend to be milder and go away within a few days
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