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Old 01-30-2016, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
It is possible that the side effects which you find helpful will fade with time. There is always a honeymoon period with drugs.
As you body gets used to it, you might find a different response.
I'm sure you are right MrsD - it wasn't anything I was expecting to benefit from and, as Amitriptiline did after a few years, it will probably wear off. But interesting that an antihistamine can help me at all with nerve pain - wondering whether there's an allergic component to my SFN perhaps?
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