I have bee taking Effexor (venlafaxine) 37.5mg BD along with my other cocktail of meds. I was put on it as it had less cardiac effects than amitryptilline. I was on the Amytyptilline to help curb migraines but coould not tolerate a dose higher than 10mg as I developed tachycardia and breathlessness. Anyway so on Effexor and well with the other meds the electric tingling pains have settles down but still have symptoms 2 years on as in pins and needles have returned and my pain has gotten worse in the last 3 months to nausea inducing level.

All I can say is that my doc says that finding the correct combination of meds is difficult as neuropathic pain tends to be resistant . Anyway cannot say had any extra side effects taking the effexor as I have wierd dreams etc with the ketamine.

Take care.
Hx