ENDO Messages for February, 1999: Re: New Drug

Re: New Drug

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From: Toni (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Feb 5 10:06:01 1999

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At Fri, 5 Feb 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>In a message dated 2/5/1999 11:35:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>smithy@maine.rr.com writes:
>
><<
> Antidepressants are given for pain not because the doctors think the
> pain is in our heads, or that we are depressed (although that could
> certainly be a side effect of pain) but because of their action on
> chronic pain. I don't know anything about effexor, or the other SSRI's
> (paxil, prozac, zoloft) on pain, but it is a fact that the tricyclic
> antidepressants (elavil, imipramine, nortryptilene, etc.) work at low
> doses on chronic pain, especially neurological pain which is notoriously
> hard to treat. Somehow it raises your threshold to pain.
>
> Chris S.
>

Kaite, The only dr who I believe knows my pain is real right now is my gyn. I have put him out of the picture now though b/c the only option he has for me now is pain management cause he does not want to do any anymore surgery on me for awhile.

But when the pain clinic did say that these drugs do help with chronic pain, I am giving it a try! I did have a VERY bad day yesterday, the whole right side of my abdomen was quite tender, but it feel alittle better today, I guess I would rather give these drugs a try to stay away from surgery again. But I feel too llike they feel it is in your head, at least some of the drs.

Toni >Hmmm...is it a FACT to you because you have ACTUALLY tried them and they
>worked??? If so, give me the name of the drug. I would love for one of them to
>work for me as i have tried many...EFFEXOR included and no pain threshold was
>RAISED for me in ANY way. Also in MY exprerience my docs HAVE prescribed for
>depression...a.k.a "all in my head"
>
>katie b. Tennessee

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