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Can anxiety cause burning sensation in legs ? would amitriptyline help for this ?

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Anxiety - burning: Anxiety cannot cause a burning sensation in the legs, but Amitriptyline will help the symptoms as the med is a nerve pain agent, and burning is a symptom of nerve pain.

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Answered 5/1/2017

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