Hi, pooh_ac:

Thanks very much for your answer. The name Elavil reminds me of something, but with my very bad memory problems and with all the medications I have been taking, I am not sure if Elavil is a muscle relaxant or an anti-depressant.

It is wonderful that Elavil prevented your RSD from spreading after your surgery. You said your "pain doctor was not impressed"; I find this strange since this medication helped you so much.

Since good pain management specialists are not available where I live, my primary care doctor usually takes care of my chronic RSD pain, but it is not his job to take care of post-operative pain, so I do not know what he would say if I asked him about Elavil. For the post-operative pain control and RSD spreading prevention, I am not sure if I should ask the orthopedic surgeon or the anesthesiologist. I guess I will just have to ask both of them and see what they think.