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Do antidepressants work well for back pain and osteoarthritis? if so, are tca's the best such as amitriptyline?
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It can help: clinical studies has shown that the use of anti depressant in addition to non narcotics pain medication in chronic pain situation would help keep the pain down and minimize the need for narcotic pain medicine.and keep the patient functional.
Answered 4/22/2015
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