Actually amitriptyline has lots of potential side effects--sedation, appetite increase, dry mouth, constipation, etc. At tiny dosages typically used for sleep, the sedation is the most prevalent side effect (figures), but dry mouth, constipation are possible which is a bummer when the other cancer tx can cause the same things!

GM, for John who has SCC Rt tonsil with 3+ nodes, Stage T1 N2b MX; surgery 04/09; Rad X 33 completed 7/14/09...f/u imaging and scopes looking good as of Feb 2011