I just picked up a refill today..........
 

Of the generic form of Elavil.

P.S. I live in the US.

I don't know if the brand name is still out there, but I just got a refill for Amitriptyline. Not that it seems to help me at all, but compared to most everything else, it's at least cheap! I'd rather pay a little money for something that doesn't work for me than the whole lot that I'm paying for the other things that don't work for me. :)

Just refilled an rx for Amitriptyline. It's still available in NYC.

MrsD- You commented on ... the potential for healing nerves. I saw something similar in a medical publication and asked my PN specialist about it? He seemed surprised and asked for an exact reference. So I later found it and forwarded it to him. No response. Do you know of any follow-up work or think there is a good avenue for pursuing this?
I currently take 75 MG's each night which dulls the pain for me.

Sorry, it was just a new finding. Takes a while for others to set up studies to confirm.

Is a certain amount needed
 

To produce healing. Would you be able to post the link/info?

That is pretty exciting news.

have now tapered down from 300mg lyrica to 75mg.

have finally settled on amtryptoline very low dose 10mg.

I have less pain then when the doc initially put me on 300mg lyrica and 25mg nortyptoline 2 years ago.

The swelling in my feet has gone down which i suspect was not from neuropathy but lyrica. My worst pain days were when swelling was highest compressing the nerves.

I will have lyrica out of my system next week.

Anyone else tried tapering down without consulting the doc? Just have a feeling that many are taking a large dosage of drugs that may not be effective anymore but continue anyway.

Does a phone call count? My wife has tapered down on a couple of things, but called the doc to inform him. Never encountered any resistance.

Doc

Hello,
I came off of Neurotin by cutting the dose in half every week, also was done with Lyrica, Tramadol and Methadone. These meds are what I have taken intermittently over 6 year span. Have been on amitripyline going into week 2 12mg at night and 12mg in the am plus a baby asprin. Pain is a little higher but way less side effects, bowel is getting back to normal. I let the doctors know after the fact. They were interested in the effects of using Lyrica. If I were starting all over it would be with amitripyline. The best pain killer I have used is Methadone, if the pain level doesn't drop taking amitripyline after 6 weeks will go back to Methadone 10mg twice a day. Don't waste your body on opiates IMO they are trash, ex OXY, VICODIN etc. Having PN IMO requires being a guinea pig since most doctors admit there is no cure if they tell you different run like hell.