Anyone Whose Took Cymbalta Or Is Currently Taking It

This web site contains quite a bit of information about Cymbalta. The generic name is Duloxetine.

Every medication has its risk and benefits.  Cymbalta is one you should ask your Pharmacist for the insert to throughly read.  Then discuss with your physician, if being prescribed for you; do the benefits outweigh the risk.

All medications, in combination, affect any one person different than another.

Be selective.

meetze94       aka  distantwings

Do not take duloxetine together with thioridazine (Mellaril), or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate). You must wait at least 14 days after stopping an MAOI before you can take duloxetine. After you stop taking duloxetine, you must wait at least 5 days before you start taking an MAOI.

You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant, especially if you are younger than 24 years old. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment.

Cold or allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by duloxetine. Tell your doctor if you regularly use any of these other medicines.

This is the best info on the drug and its generic name.  As with all medication, especially anti-depressant such as this, and SSRI, a SELECTIVE SERATONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR (the classification of this medication) should be monitored by a Psychiatrist and any ill effects should be reported to him/her immediately.  Usually these meds take about a month to get into your system to make you feel better.  So some side effects like sleepiness may subside with time when you first start taking it.  ALL medications cause different responses in different people, just take as directed and seek help if you feel suicidal or your depression worsens. 

Good luck.  I hope you feel better real soon!

Katie

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Hello Undertaker

This is the information I have listed in my medical files:

Duloxetine (Cymbalta, Yentreve) is a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptakeinhibitor manufactured and marketed by Eli Lilly.

It is effective for major depressive disorder and it is as effective as venlafaxine in generalised anxiety disorder.

Duloxetine failed the US approval for stress urinary incontinence amidst the concerns about liver toxicity and suicidal events; however, it was approved for this indication in Europe and Canada.

Duloxetine alleviates pain associated with diabetic neuropathy and fibromyalgia; however, its efficacy relative to the established treatments, such as anticonvulsants and tricyclic antidepressants, has not been studied.

A large number of side effects occurring during duloxetine treatment and lacking of clear advantage over existing medications prompted critical reviews concluding that duloxetine "should not be used" for stress urinary incontinence and "currently has no place in the treatment of depression or diabetic neuropathy" as well.

My advice is to always consult the prescribing physician and your pharmacists.

hs

Dear Friend,

As you probably know, everyone reacts to each medicine and different dosages in their own way.  I have diabetes and you would think that because it was helpful for diabetic neuropathy, that it would not affect my diabetes.  As soon as I took it my diabetes went from 95 to 170.  It also made me really sick, severe sweating, severe stomach aches.  It also occasionally caused severe hypogylcemia which meant I was absolutely ravenous..  It made my depression unimaginably worse (I was transferring from Effexor to Cymbalta), it made me feel really insane with constant thoughts of suicide, horrible internal bursts of negative thoughts which caused a mental anquish I could never describe it.,,  It took me two months to recover from a short trial of Cymbalta and it took my blood sugar even longer.

Now, everyone is different and you can not tell how a medicine will work until you try it, assuming you have a pretty good and competent psychiatrist (if you do not, go and get one that you can work with first).

To get a general idea of cymbalta and other medications, I usually start with a Google search.  The simple web side is: www.drugs.com/cymbalta .html and the more in-depth website is: www.rxlist.com/cymbalta -drug.htm.  This gives you a rough feeling for the drug.  Most pyschiatrists do not te ll you anything about the side-effects as if you are not going to have any.  Do Not Believe It.  Read up on the medicines you are taking.   You are the one and only one that has to protect yourself and get help where you can, but be careful where you get your help.

After over 40 years of Major Depression and Severe Anxiety I have a very low opinion of psychiatrists and an extremely low opinion of psychologists and therapists.  If you are not careful, they can do more harm than good.  So if you are not with someone you trust and feel comfortable, leave and keep trying doctors until you find one that suits you.

Good luck.  I know it was maybe not the answer you were looking for but it is closer to the truth than you will get from the doctors.

I was on Cymbalta. It worked well for some things. However if you become suicidal or have thoughts of suicide. Tell your doctor and get off it!!!! I didn't and ended up in the ICU after overdosing. I don't want that to happen to you or anyone else.