Antidepressant and placebo are equally effective in child pain relief
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 23:49
in Health & Medicine
Bethesda, MD (Oct. 1, 2009) -- When used "off-label," the antidepressant amitriptyline works just as well as placebo in treating pain-predominant gastrointestinal disorders in children, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute.