Volume 149, Issue 2, Pages 270-272 (August 2015) Amitriptyline for Functional Dyspepsia: Importance of Symptom Profile and Making a Case for Gastric Emptying Testing William L. Hasler Gastroenterology Volume 149, Issue 2, Pages 270-272 (August 2015) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.06.017 Copyright © 2015 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Functional dyspepsia subsets most likely to show beneficial responses to tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) therapy. On the left, the 21% of patients with ulcer-like epigastric pain (yellow) exhibited significant responses to amitriptyline. On the right, the 70% of patients with normal solid phase gastric emptying (blue) showed significant improvements on amitriptyline. Gastroenterology 2015 149, 270-272DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2015.06.017) Copyright © 2015 Terms and Conditions