It is a diuretic and might help remove the extra fluid, eventhough it won't increase circulation. The first medication that was suggested to me for sleep and pain relief was nortriptyline. I take it at bedtime.
You didn't specify prime time or American shows or cable or syndication or anything, so generally speaking, the American soap opera, Guiding Light may be the TV show with the most scripted episodes at 18,262 episodes. Technically it's more since it was on the radio for 15 years prior it moving to TV.
The Simpsons has been renewed for two more seasons running until 2019, Fox Broadcasting said on Friday, meaning it will break the record for most episodes of any scripted television show in U.S. history. The Simpsons is currently in its 28th season, with just over 600 episodes aired. By 2019, it will have outpaced western TV drama Gunsmoke, which concluded after 635 episodes in 1975. Take that 'Gunsmoke!' You lost a race you didn't even know you were running!, Homer Simpson said in a statement from Fox. Since its 1989 premiere, The Simpsons - bumbling patriarch Homer, long-suffering wife Marge, prankster Bart, prodigy Lisa and baby Maggie - have become globally recognized figures.