QUESTION: My mom was 86. Back in 2010 she was prescribed 10mg of amitriptyline for arthritis pain. In 2011 the refilled same drug at 100mg. The following morning after she took her pain pill, my mom was over intoxicated from the med. Since then, her health went down entirely, which caused her to move out here with me in Modesto. A lot of other medical complications followed since that incident. She was admitted to the hospital after having chest pains and lots of fluid in her body. They had her.