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How Elavil acts
Elavil belongs to a group of medicines known as tricyclic antidepressants. Elavil medicine works on the brain chemicals and reduce the impact.

How Elavil should be used
Elavil medicines have to be taken only according to the doctor’s direction. The drug should not be used for a prolonged period and also care should be taken that larger amounts of Elavil drugs are not used.

Elavil drug should not be stopped suddenly as it brings in many unpleasant complications. After starting a dosage of Elavil, it may take about four weeks for the symptoms to get improved. Well, if there is no change in the symptoms even after four weeks, you have to inform the doctor.

What happens if I miss a dose?
There is nothing to worry if a dose of Elavil is not taken. You can have it once you remember it. But take care that you do not use the missed dose when it is time for the next dosage.

What happens if an overdose is taken?
If you feel of having used an overdose of Elavil, better call the doctor at once. Uneven heartbeats, drowsiness, blurred vision, confusion, sweating, muscle stiffness, light-headededness, fainting, vomiting and seizure are symptoms that one can experience if taken an overdose of Elavil drug.

What to discuss with the Doctor
The doctors will only be able to give you the right Evil dose only if he comes to know about all your health conditions, including the allergies and also about the present and past illness.

When discussing with the physician, never hide about your heart related issues, seizures, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, overactive thyroid, urinating problems and glaucoma.

Elavil may be harmful to the unborn and therefore it is better not to use the drug while pregnant or hoping to get pregnant. As Elavil drug can pass into the breast milk, it is good not to feed the newborn while using the medicine.

What to avoid while taking Elavil?
Once you have started Elavil medicines, it is better not to consume alcohol as it can lead to an increase of the side effects. It is good not to take grape fruit and grape juice, as they also do not go along with Elavil drugs.

After taking Elavil, one should not perform any hard task or go for driving as the drug can cause lightheadedness. When going out in the sun, you should have to use some sunscreen lotion or cream as Elavil is sensitive to sunrays.

Possible side effects
You should have to stop taking Elavil and contact the doctor immediately if you come across any of the following allergic reactions; swelling (face, tongue, lips, throat), hives and breathing problems.

You should also stop Elavil and contact the doctor without any delay if you experience the following side effects; uneven heart beats, pain spreading to arms/shoulder, heavy feeling, nausea, weakness, sweating, headache, vision/speech problems, seizures, light-headededness, restless movement of muscle in eyes/jaw/neck, rashes, numbness, bleeding, extreme thirst, vomiting and less urinating.