Evaluation of the effect of locally administered amitriptyline gel as adjunct to local anesthetics in irreversible pulpitis pain | Zendy

Ali Akbar Moghadamnia | Zendy; M Partovi | Zendy; I Mohammadianfar | Zendy; Zahra Madani | Zendy; Ebrahim Zabihi | Zendy; Mahmoud Reza Hamidi | Zendy; Mahmoud Baradaran | Zendy

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Evaluation of the effect of locally administered amitriptyline gel as adjunct to local anesthetics in irreversible pulpitis pain

Author(s) -

Ali Akbar Moghadamnia,

M Partovi,

I Mohammadianfar,

Zahra Madani,

Ebrahim Zabihi,

Mahmoud Reza Hamidi,

Mahmoud Baradaran

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

indian journal of dental research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1998-3603

pISSN - 0970-9290

DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.49047

Subject(s) - amitriptyline , medicine , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , lidocaine , placebo , analgesic , pathology , alternative medicine

Amitriptyline is one of the most common tricyclic antidepressants, which binds to pain sensory nerve fibers close to the sodium channel; hence, it could interact to some degree with receptors of local anesthetics. This study was designed to assess the additional analgesic effects of 2% Amitriptyline local gel administration in irreversible pulpitis pain of the molars.

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