Amitriptyline.....bad taste!

[twist330]

2 weeks ago I was prescribed amitriptyline at night the dose started at 10mg and have gradually increased to 50mg. This is on top of the 200mg of lyrica that I take twice a day.

The problem is I constantly have a strange taste in my mouth. I keep eating to cover it up.

Does anyone have advice on what I can do to get rid of it?

[Suenken]

I have been taking amitriptyline since November 2015 and still have this horrible tainted taste. I too try to eat anything that will take it away. I am a huge salad lover but cannot stand it at the moment as it tastes wrong. I am on a dose of 75mg nightly for depression, nerve pain and sleep.
I am contemplating changing medication as this tainted taste is driving me crazy! Nothing gets rid of it. I'm drinking at least 2L of water over s 24hr period for dry mouth too.

[Laing45]

I do have this awful taste and it lasts all day.  I have only been on it for a few weeks and sometimes it helps me sleep. I have fibromyalgia. I was taking Lycria for damaged nerves in my hand and an anti depressant but since I have stopped taking the anti depressant, my mood is really bad, angry all the time.  I just wonder if it is worthwhile taking the new one.

[foster77s]

Amitriptyline is used for depression, chronic pain, sometimes headaches, and sleep so I would think its a good choice for some folks with MS.   With some meds with bad taste it helps to swallow it in a huge gump of applesauce instead of water.  Prednisone leaves a bad taste for me for hours and when I use applesauce I dont notice it.

Terri

[Sparkysarah]

I had been on amitriptyline since March to help me sleep and for nerve pain. I was only on 10m.g and it certainly helped. I found I had a dry mouth and needed to drink more water in the day than usual.  I have just very slowly come off it as I feel it made me put on weight.

However I have only been off it for a few days and am aware that I am not sleeping so well so am reserving judgment about whether I need to remain on it. My Consultant was happy for me to work out for myself what I need and he did say that I could just take it now and then if I needed a good night's sleep.

Sarah

[twist330]

Daisy.girl - I am takingit for pain and the idea being it will help me sleep, whichit does to some degree. But I still get woken some nights by cramp.

Dawnym  - thanks I keep going, I'm not groggy in the morning, infact with all the drugs I have been given my body has adapted well it normally only take 48 hours of feeling a bit odd and then I'm fine (may this is the same reason as they are having little effect too.)

I must stop eating though!

[DawnYM]

Hi there... I take the same at 10mg low dose for pain... Plus I take it at night to help fall asleep... I was prescribed this for pain... Have muscle spasm like pain through my back, legs arms and neck... Dx fibromyalgia..  The taste does get better over time so hang tight... And i take it like 3 hours before bed or I will be groggy in the morning...

[daisy.girl]

I don't have the answer to your question, however, I am wondering if you are taking this for depression or for sleep?
I recently had a sleep study and that doc wants me to take amitripyline as a sleep aid at night...not sure of the dose, he did say that it would be a lower dose then is used for depression?

[Shike332]

Hello, I am on amitripline 150 mgs per night for fibromyalgia.  And yes, sometimes certain foods taste disgusting, that bitter taste.  I have also noticed, anything that has a acid base to it, like ketchup, dill pickles, green olives and etc is nasty.  I have been maxed out on the medication since March of 2017, I certainly hope that this with the foods tasting bitter gets better soon.