Fibromyalgia (FM or FMS or Fibro) is a debilitating chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse or specific muscle, joint, or bone pain, fatigue...
|
Amitriptyline reaction
|
Watch this |
| View More Posts Ignore |
I feel like i have been through the wringer! i have been in so much pain in my chest caused by chostochondritis (due to fibro) and my dr kept saying "let's try this" and never really hitting on a good solution. Finally put me on Amitriptyline but it totally wiped me out so we decreased the dose. Two days later out of the blue (on a day i was finally noticing a decrease in pain) i started to shake and my heart rate soared to 140. I went to urgent care and it was determined this was a reaction to the Amitriptyline! Has anyone else ever had this type of reaction? It took 2 days before i was feeling better. I'm happy to report that i have since been started on pred. because the chest pain was determined to be caused by my connective tissue disease instead of the fibro. and i have not had chest pain for 3 days! I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who has had this type of reaction!
Posted on 10/04/07, 01:10 pm |
| 16 Replies | Most Recent | Add Your Reply |
| View More Posts Ignore |
Wow. I am so glad you posted this as I am on Amitriptaline as well. I take blood pressure meds and my blood pressure has been way to high or way too low. I got the blood pressure under control but my resting pulse is 130. Thanks for writing this. Love Cris 
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
I had the exact same reaction to it..mine happened almost immediately teh first day I took it I was in the ER with tachycardia, shortness of breath..dizziness.. no chest pain though.. never took it again..
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
I'm on it and it works great for me. Sorry to hear you had such a bad reactions!
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
That's a wretched drug! It's one of the few drugs that doesn't have an antidote if someone OD's on it. I was on it and when I realized that I wouldn't be able to get out of the house if it was on fire, I quit taking it.
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
I have had that same symptom on amytriptalyene (sp). I was on it for 3 years and when I told my doctor about it, He IGNORED ME, then upped the dosage. Luckily I fought through it. I don't think he really cared how i was doing. Just seeing as many patients as possible since he was the only doc in town who accepted medicaid. And he was a psychotherapist to boot lol...
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
Wow, I've never had a side effect like that and I've been on it for years. My resting pulse is about 60.
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
I've been taking it for years and I have not had any bad reactions.
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
i was on that about a yr ago i was oon it for a day and a half when i had a heart attack and flat lined in ed we thought nothing of the drug untill it happend twice more with in the nth been of it now for nearly 11 mths and am doing fine i have reg checkm ups with the cardiologest but mainly becudse of the rib there but they keep an eye on it closely ever scince im on gabapantin (ecsuse the spelling) hope this helps and pleased you of that drug nasty thing it is
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
Well my resting heart rate was up to 136 yesterday. Called doctor they said to go to er or call 911. I was pissed. I went to urgent care. Still having racing heart. Trying to stay calm til I can talk to my doctor and hopefully get a beta-blocker called in. Love Cris
|
|
|
|
||
| View More Posts Ignore |
i had the same reaction to this so was taken off immediatly x
|
|
|
|
||
| First | Previous | Page: 1 2 | Next | Most Recent | Add Your Reply |
ok well last week my doc gave me a prescription of amitriptyline to take - my gastro had suggested it for my ibs and i …
Hi...i dont know if this will be of any interest to anyone but i found this site which gives advice about taking …
My doc called back and said if the chest pain came back to go get it checked. He said those are typical symptoms of …
