Amitriptyline for pain control in scleritis may help to avoid excessive steroid use in selected cases: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Pain in scleritis may be difficult to control with conventional immuno-suppressive regimes. Amitriptyline may be an effective option in those circumstances.


METHODS
A 41-year-old woman presented with scleritis and eye pain that was refractory to treatment with steroid and immunosuppressive agents. Effective pain relief and reduction of steroid dose was only achieved after starting amitriptyline.


CONCLUSIONS
Amitriptyline may be an effective option for pain control in case with scleritis which might otherwise require unnecessarily large doses of immunosuppression.
Ohn
Mya Thida
MT
Department of Ophthalmology, James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Lowestoft Road, Gorleston Norfolk, NR31 6LA UK. myathidaohn@gmail.com
Gupta
Deepak
D
Burton
Ben J
BJ