of amitriptyline is reported.The disease process was accompanied by noticeable loss of lung compliance, and a gross diffusion defect at alveolar level. It seems unlikely that the course was that of an aspiration or bronchopneumonia, and clinically and pathologically it resembled the changes seen in surfactant deficiency. It is suggested that amitriptyline in overdosage may interfere with the pr...

We report an adult female patient who presented with sacral radiculopathy as incapacitating dysthesias following primary genital herpes simplex, which later recurred. Despite use of systemic antiviral treatment, the painful syndrome in our patient persisted. The success in treatment was seen only after the addition of amitriptyline hydrochloride. The case is being presented here for its rare ma...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this experimental study was to investigate whether hypertonic saline or sodium bicarbonate administration prevented the development of cardiotoxicity in rats that received toxic doses of amitriptyline. METHOD Thirty-six Sprague Dawley rats were used in the study. The animals were divided into six groups. Group 1 received toxic doses of i.p. amitriptyline. Groups 2 and 3 t...

OBJECTIVE The present study is a comparison of the effectiveness of amitriptyline and pregabalin on the symptoms of fibromyalgia patients. METHODS A total of 71 female patients aged ≥18 years were included in this study. The patients were divided into 2 groups. Pregabalin (n=36) or amitriptyline (n=35) treatment was initiated at daily oral dose of 450 mg and 25 mg, respectively for the indica...

BACKGROUND Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), defined by recurrent stereotypical episodes of nausea and vomiting, is a relatively-common disabling and historically difficult-to-treat condition associated with migraine headache and mitochondrial dysfunction. Limited data suggests that the anti-migraine therapies amitriptyline and cyproheptadine, and the mitochondrial-targeted cofactors co-enzyme Q1...

A simple, precise and rapid, reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method is developed for simultaneous determination of chlordiazepoxide and amitriptyline hydrochloride in tablet dosage forms. The HPLC conditions used are methanol: acetonitrile (75:25 v/v) mobile phase, Zodiac C18 column (250mm x 4.6mm x 5μm), pump pressure (9.5 MPa) and detection wavelength (221 nm)....

Because of less systemic side effects of topical medications in pain relief of the painful form of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, this study aimed to compare the effect of amitriptyline and capsaicin cream in relieving pain in this condition. In this randomized, double-blind and non -inferiority trial, 102 patients received amitriptyline 2% and capsaicin 0.75% creams  3 times a day for 12 week...