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Duloxetine in treatment of refractory chronic tennis elbow: two case reports
Zaid Ahmad Wani1, Shabir Ahmad Dhar, Mohammad Farooq Butt
1Department of Psychiatry, Government Psychiatric Diseases Hospital, GMC Srinagar, Kashmir, J&K, India. zaidwani@gmail.com
Introduction:
Tennis elbow is a common musculoskeletal disorder; management options include physiotherapeutic, medical, surgical, and other forms of intervention. Some patients remain symptomatic despite best efforts. We present two patients who did not respond to medical and surgical treatments, and whose symptoms were relieved with duloxetine. This is the first report on the use of duloxetine to treat tennis elbow.
Case Presentation:
Two mentally healthy young Asian women aged 32 and 27 years, each with tennis elbow of about 18 months duration continued to suffer pain despite treatment with analgesics, local steroid injections, physiotherapy, cryotherapy, ultrasound, and surgical release, among other interventions. Both showed substantial improvement within 4 to 6 weeks of receiving monotherapy with duloxetine 60 mg/day. Both were pain-free with continued treatment at a 6-month follow-up.
Conclusion:
Duloxetine may be a useful treatment option in patients with chronic tennis elbow, even those who have failed conventional medical, physiotherapeutic, surgical, and other forms of management.
