Amitriptyline vs Duloxetine
 | Amitriptyline |  | Duloxetine |  |
| Amitriptyline is used to treat mental/mood problems such as depression. It may help improve mood and feelings of well-being, relieve anxiety and tension, help you sleep better, and increase your energy level. Amitriptyline belongs to a class of medications called tricyclic antidepressants. It works by affecting the balance of certain natural chemicals (neurotransmitters such as serotonin) in the brain. | Duloxetine is used to treat depression and anxiety. In addition, duloxetine is used to help relieve nerve pain (peripheral neuropathy) in people with diabetes or ongoing pain due to medical conditions such as arthritis, chronic back pain, or fibromyalgia (a condition that causes widespread pain). Duloxetine may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level, and decrease nervousness. It can also decrease pain due to certain medical conditions. Duloxetine is known as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain. | |||
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| Add Amitriptyline review I had headaches...headaches every day for months. I had all kind of tests done and this dr. prescribed this for me. I have worked up to 50 mg and the headaches are gone. Thank God for this medication. I started taking this medicationn a few months ago 50mg ..cut pill in half and worked up to 50.. was feeling very tired throughout the day, but was getting the best sleep in years. I stopped taking because of fatigue.Now Dr. gave me 10mg. So I hope that will take care of my needs. And I was just diagnosed with Fibromylagia. So we'll see how it helps that. I take to sleep better. I wake up many times during the night and taking 10 mg every night I fall right back to sleep when I wake up. No side affects in the AM, no matter what time I take in the evening. This was prescribed by my physician. Nothing in your research mentions that it helps to sleep better at night? helps a lot on restful sleep. I have been on this medication for over a year for my Social Anxiety Disorder, and I am incredibly happy with it. I was diagnosed around the time I turned 16 and prescribed the medicine, and have been taking it ever since. No doctor could figure out what was wrong with me, I lost over 30 lbs in a month because I was vomiting every morning I went to school. This medicine is perfect, I haven't gotte ... | Add Duloxetine review Most effective drug for relief of my 30 years of depression.Had to take .25mg xanax for a couple of weeks with meds .nice side effect is my arthritis pain of fingers totally gone!!! I tried Cimbalta but found I had urinary retention which I do not have when taking Escelatopram. I have also got chronic pain of my lower back. I take Cellebrix to alleviate this when I need to. Cymbalta covered both of my problems regarding pain and depression. | |||
