"i was in good health but developed severe neuropathic burning pain all over the body due to an mri scan. i have been taking 10mg amitriptyline for the past 4 weeks and it seems to be starting to work, the burning pain is less severe so far. it hasn&#039;t helped any other symptoms which devleoped following teh scan but i would recommend it for neuropathic pain- also, i haven&#039;t develeoped any of the stated side effects. my friend also takes it in a higher dose (50) for depression and she is fine on it (no weight gain etc). side effects not a reason to not take for pain."