Cymbalta for Fibromyalgia
|
|
Treatment Ratings for FMS Symptoms
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2.71
|
|
Myofasical Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
2.58
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
3.54
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
2.26
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
4.77
|
|
Convenience
|
|
7.74
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
3.86
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
4.89
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1.50
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1.18
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1.20
|
|
Hyopoglycemia Relief
|
|
1.90
|
|
|
|
Based on 35 rating(s) & review(s).
|
cymbalta 01/28/10
Reviewed by:
Idaho, USA
never again will i take this med!
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
9
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
1
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
This drug MESSES with your brain chemistry! 12/13/09
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
As a condition of participating in a clinical trial at UF, I had to come off the cymbalta. I was only taking 20 mg a day, so it was thought that I could come off it without tapering. NOT SO!
Google "cymbalta withdrawal" and go to forums, anecdotal accounts, etc.. Eli Lily denies there is any problem with this drug.
Coming off it, I had brief periods of dizziness, numbness, tingling, sensations like electrical 'zaps' in my brain (as though the DVD that is my life was skipping or sticking) My doctor and I made a plan to dump the little spheres out of my capsules, a little more each night.. when I was down to a half dose, I accidentally swallowed a whole pill. The next day, my fibro (which had been pretty much GONE thanks to acupuncture and massage and a healthier outlook) was back in full force. Acheing. Trigger points. Brain fog. Stiffness. Sluggishness. It was AWFUL!
It took me two months of gradual dosage reduction to get off this stuff without the horrible side effects. From now on, if I can, I'm sticking to the natural stuff -- and my dainty 10 mg of amtriptylene for help with deep sleep!
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
20 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
4
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
4
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
8
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
cymbalta is for depression not pain 11/15/09
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
cymbalta in no way helped me at all its mainly used for depression and as far as i can tell i am not depressed. not yet any way, if i keep spending money on dr visits and medicines that dont work not only will i be depressed but i will also be broke.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Month
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
3
|
|
Convenience
|
|
4
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Took Depression to new frontier 09/15/09
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I was still in pain and tired but since I was so spaced out I didn't really care. At the fifth day I found myself considering the advantages of suicide. Well at least I now understand that my regular depression is just a function of the fibro getting me down. That drug is scary and it took me to a world I'd never experienced, before.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Week
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
3 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
10 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
7
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
2
|
|
Convenience
|
|
9
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Blood in urine 05/14/09
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
From the first day I started taking this medication I was bleeding into my urine and had no clue. The Doctor that had put me on the medication the day before had me come in for unrelated lab test the next day and found blood in my urine but did not understand why. I took the medication as directed, and when I went to refill it I asked my long time Pharmacist,what after all these years could be making my urine brown, he told me to stop taking the Cymbalta, and see my doctor right away! I stopped taking it that very morning and by night fall my urine was back to normal, no odor or brown color. I was lucky! I will NEVER take this medication again!! And yes I switched Dr as well..
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Month
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
100 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta is not worth it 04/17/09
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
This was the second worst medication I tried next to Cymbalta
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
7
|
|
Convenience
|
|
6
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Under-tested, Oversold 03/02/09
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
Got Pain? Suicide-Linked Cymbalta May Be Right for You
by Martha Rosenberg
February 21st, 2009
Dissident Voice
Many are outraged that Eli Lilly gave nonprofits $3.9 million in grants last year for medical courses to "educate" doctors about the
pain-and-fatigue ailment fibromyalgia - more than it spent for diabetes and Alzheimer's which people already know they have.
But finding new diseases to justify a drug's existence is the normal way pharma operates.
Especially Lilly who agreed to pay $1.42 billion for illegal marketing of its anti-psychotic Zyprexa last month.$615 million for criminally
promoting it for dementiaanother - $62 million to 32 states for illegal pediatric marketing and agreed to resolve Medicaid fraud investigations
into "rebates" at the same time. (And how was your year?)
And whose diabetes treatment Byetta is tanking since reports last summer of six deaths, at least two from pancreatitis.
But Lilly's fibromyalgia-fighting drug, Cymbalta (duloxetine) - its second best seller after Zyprexais - anything but normal.
Starting with the death of 19-year-old Cymbalta test subject Traci Johnson in 2004 - who hanged herself in the Lilly Clinic in Indianapolis and had no history of mental problemsit - has been beset by reports of baffling, rapid, unprovoked, and out of character suicides.
A 37-year-old man described in the Feb. 2008 Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology with a stable marriage and employment and no history of
mental problems tried to kill himself with carbon monoxide two months after taking Cymbalta for back pain. "The patient was unable to state
exactly why he wanted to commit suicide," write the four physician authors all with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Kansas Medical Center who note he returned to normal when the drug was stopped.
A 63-year-old man with no history of suicide attempts or ideation was similarly "unable to explain why he was having thoughts of wanting to
die," say the authors after becoming suicidal two weeks after being put on Cymbalta for fatigue, insomnia and sadness.
Last January, a Texas man prescribed Cymbalta for peripheral neuropathy because of a job that required him to be on his feet all day with no
history mental problems "had a normal day at work, drove home, said he was going to grab a sandwich to his wife, and went and shot himself," his family wrote a reporter.
In Feb. 2007, a 19-year-old Wisconsin college student recently put on Cymbalta "checked out books for a paper he was to write over the weekend," emailed his resume "to see if he could get a spot on Obama's team for the summer" and "then hung himself from his loft bed in his dorm," writes his family. One month earlier, a 21-year old Midwest college student, recently
put on Cymbalta, took his own life three minutes after speaking to his family while driving home and sounding fine, the family wrote a reporter.
Nor are incomprehensible and abrupt suicide attempts on Cymbalta a US phenomenon.
Bilal Salem and Elie Karam of the Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon write of similar "suicidality in apparently nonsuicidal patients after starting or increasing Duloxetine," in the June 2008 Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health.
Approved as an antidepressant and for diabetic nerve pain in 2004 - soon after the Johnson suicide thanks to an unfazed FDA - Cymbalta soon proved to be the "Swiss Army Knife" of Lilly drugs says its hometown paper the Indianapolis Star - approved for general anxiety disorder and maintenance treatment of depression in 2007, for fibromyalgia in 2008 and with approvals for chronic knee and low back pain expected shortly.
In Europe it is in use for stress urinary incontinence but in the US its side effect of urinary retention landed Cymbalta on the FDA's first Potential Signals of Serious Risks danger list in 2008. (FDA won't release suicidal rates from stress urinary incontinence trials says reporter Jeanne Lenzer on Slate, who estimates them as 400 per 100,000 person-years for middle aged women.)
But some, like Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer, question the revenue-driven
prescribothan. Should drugs "that may have a really serious side effect called suicide," be used for simple knee or back pain, she asks in the
Star.
No kidding! Cymbalta is also being studied for binge eating, social phobia, chronic fatigue, restless legs disorder, seasonal affective
disorder, migraines, attention deficit disorder and childhood depression despite - known pediatric risks - PMS, menopause, alcoholism, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, kleptomania and the important medical condition: tennis elbow.
At the American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting in January, Lilly presented a study by its own doctors finding Cymbalta was superior to
placebo in knee painin - keeping with its penchant to publish studies by Lilly funded and Lilly employed doctors saying Cymbalta is safe.
Cymbalta is also a good use of state and third party payer dollars say Lilly funded doctors in "Differences In Medication Adherence and
Healthcare Resource Utilization Patterns: Older Versus Newer Antidepressant Agents In Patients With Depression And/Or Anxiety Disorders" in the 2008-22 CNS Drugs who are fighting the "restrictive reimbursement policies for newer antidepressants," in which pharmacy benefits managers are saying you want us to spend WHAT?
Getting benefits managers to cover the $200 a month cost for Cymbalta prescriptions for fibromyaglia may also be tough since the ailment has no clear cause, blood test or cure. Maybe Lilly will offer pointers in the medical courses it is funding.
Martha Rosenberg is a columnist/cartoonist who writes about public health. She can be reached at: martharosenberg@sbcglobal.net.
[And there are LOTS of ads for Cymbalta on TV. How else are Lilly CEO's going to afford longer yachts than the other pharma CEOs? Nothing
beats strutting on the deck of your longer yacht as you shame the poor bastards in shorter yachts! So a bunch of (probably worthless or surplus)
people die or are deformed for life - hey, that's the American Way! - so screw 'em! -ed]
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
5
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
RETINAL DETACHED = UNCOMMON SIDE EFFECT 01/21/09
Reviewed by:
United States
Hi,
I have not been dx fibromylagia - but had been prescribed CYMBALTA for depression. - A dear friend of mine has fb. and is using CYMBALTA successfully...
However, we are not all the same, and react differently to meds - and everything, of course.
Picking the rating for this tx was tricky - it is not ALL bad, but WAS FOR ME!!!
After seeing other refs here to CYMBALTA & DETACHED RETINA - I had to join your board and sign in to post this important message!!!
I took CYMBALTA for 7 weeks, then stopped - and 3 weeks later nearly lost my sight in one eye my retina detached so quickly. Now, One year later, and my vision for the same eye is very bad. This should not have happened! My (adult) kids expect that I should sue the px makers... Have not even looked into that. But my eyesight for that same eye worsens, altho I am adjusting...
If there is any further data on this subject, please post here and I will do the same, if anyone wants for me to.
Absolute BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL!!!
Love,
Darcy Jane Atwater
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
20 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
2
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta and FMS 12/23/08
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
Might have worked for my depression in the first couple of months. Tried to increase to 90mg OD but the sleepiness was debilitating. I'm going to work with my docs to try something else.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
9 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
7
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta for fibromyalgia 11/15/08
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
It made me worse. It took me 3 months to get weened off the medication. I never knew why my memory was getting so bad and why i was feeling more and more depressed, anxious, and almost suicidal. I also would feel nausious on a daily basis. My dr said he needs to increase the medication that im becoming "depressed." I got worse and realized, maybe its the medication. It was the worst experience of my life getting weened off of it. My pain at this moment is bad, really bad, but no worse than when on the medication.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
100 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
3
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Gives me an i don't care attitude 11/03/08
Reviewed by:
New Hampshire, USA
This med is pretty good for my ocd, but bad for my fog, energy, ability to do anything! No motivation, no energy, still not sleeping, still need my Lunesta to sleep.
Cymbalta is good for depression. Makes you NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING OR ANYONE.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
8 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
2
|
|
Convenience
|
|
9
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
9
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
No help 10/07/08
Reviewed by:
Texas, USA
I am on Cymbalta, Lyrica,Darvocet and Flexiril. I would hate to think what my pain level would be without these, but, at the same time, I feel like I get little or no relief. I agree with many of the other writers. There has to be something out there to help. I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis. So, My pain level stays at at least an 8 on a scale of 1-10. I cannot stand longer than 5 minutes without being in so much pain my knees begin to buckle. I am sick of not being the wife, mother and grandma that I want to be. My family has taken my drivers lisence from me because of the FM fog.
I have found a really good websit that offers a wonderful way to explain the pain we live in. It is www.butyoudontlooksick.com
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
150 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
2
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
2
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
8
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
7
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Works for Depression and Mild Pain 05/08/08
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I have been taking 60mg of Cymbalta twice a day for about 2.5 years and it seems to work well for the depression but only mildly for the pain.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2.5 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
4
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
4
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
3
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
6
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
9
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
9
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
My Retina Detached - Patient Beware 04/09/08
Reviewed by:
California, USA
I took Cymbalta from January 2005 to February 2005 and didn't see many changes in my Fibromyalgia or sleep. In fact, when I asked my doctor about side effects, she simply stated that the side effects may include "having trouble sleeping". I already had that...I didn't need something that would work against me.
About a month into taking Cymbalta, I started having a blurry edge in my right eye. A few days later, I started having flashes of light. I already knew what it was since I had just read a post on a Fibro message board about eye problems and Fibro patients. I was suffering from a Detached Retina but I knew it was not caused by the Fibro. I was diagnosed and my eye doctor found out that my left eye was also developing tears to which could have led to another Detached Retina.
Detached Retina is an "infrequent side-effect" of Cymbalta and had just been added to the list a few months before I began taking it. I found another woman on a RemedyFind post who also suffered a Detached Retina the same time as I did. She had taken her Cymbalta for only 2 months.
If I thought that wasn't bad enough, getting off of Cymbalta was horrible. I was so sick, dizzy and scared that I was having to wean myself off so slowly after having my eye surgery (over 3 hours of surgery to repair) that I was livid with my doctor.
If anyone is taking Cymbalta and starts having even the slightest eye issues, get to your eye doctor. I can't stree that enough!
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Month
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
2
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
7
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
3
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
cant stand it 03/08/08
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I've been taking it for 3 days now!! I already suffer from migraines , anxiety and panic attacks and insomnia!! WELL this makes all 3 of them worse and I am still in pain!! This is supposed to be the start of treating my fibromyalgia!! Not working I am sitting at home about to pull my hair out ,biting a hole in my lip while missing my sons soccer game!! What the hell is this crap??
I am more irritated and aggrivated than i was before I took it..Called my DR.. he says well give it 7 days!! WHAT?? let him feel this way for seven days!! In the first place I am not depressed!! I am so sick of Doctors trying to put me on meds for depression!! I told him I would not be in a bad mood if my body did not hurt all day!! thats it !! As long as I am not in pain I'm HAPPY!! treat my pain from my fibro and temdonitis and back probs from my wreck and I will be happy! Enough of this crap of every Doctor thinking you need a anti depressant bc you are not in a good mood that day!! THIS DOES NOTHING FOR MY PAIN!! I HATE IT
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
Less Than 1 Week
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
3
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
If you want to be ill try it 03/08/08
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
It made me very sick. I do not recomend this for anyone.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
Less Than 1 Week
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
Tried it 1 Time
|
|
Dosage:
|
20 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
*Pooped Out* 02/19/08
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
This has been, overall, a solid treatment for me. I have Fibromyalgia and Thyroiditis, thus I have pain, depression, fatigue, you all know what I am describing. I started to take Cymbalta while taking care of my Father who lived with me and my husband and 2 small children because I thought that I was going to lose it. for the first 1 year, I was on 60mg. I know realize that I was overmedicated for my system as I had non-stop ear ringing and insomnia that I had to eat a trazadone everynight for-grrr!! Everyone thought that I was crazy, until I started with a new Dr., a Neurophychiatrist, and he immediately cut the dose in 1/2. As a result, the VERY FIRST NIGHT, I slept without the trazadone and have never looked back! Unreal. I just wanted to put this info out there because it really helped me and my family out as I had suffered so much until I was properly medicated .
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
5
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
6
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
6
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Severe Reaction on First Dose 11/17/07
Reviewed by:
Puerto Rico
I had the most severe reaction I have ever had to any medication - 2 hours of profussed sweating, nausea, body stiffness, current-like sensations through body and inability to sleep that night.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
Less Than 1 Week
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
Tried it 1 Time
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
10
|
|
Convenience
|
|
8
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta 11/02/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
has really helped my pain levels. I am very happy to be on it. I haven't had any bad side effects except some weight gain.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
8 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
8
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
6
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
2
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
10
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta 10/18/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I started on this because of neurapathy pain and depression. It was increased to 120mg 2 times a day and the sweating side effect almost made me unable to perform my job as a nurse. It was 10 times worse than menapause
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1.5 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
4 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
4
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
3
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
2
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
1
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
Cymbalta is bad for me 09/30/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I got such severe headaches that I couldn't take it anymore. The pain was far worse and the migraines got pretty bad and constant. I would not recommend this med to anyone with FMS. While a friend of mine benefitted from it due to her depression and FMS, I sure didn't and it made me pretty sad that it didn't help but hurt me instead.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
Less Than 1 Week
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
Tried it Over 5 Times
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
2
|
|
Convenience
|
|
4
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
Cymbalta was a let down 08/24/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
At first cymbalta really helped out my fibro symptions but then about a month after using it all of my pain and other symptons started slowly coming back, so in my case I don't think cymbalta was a good choice.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
6 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
40 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
5
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
4
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
2
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
7
|
|
Convenience
|
|
8
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
4
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Anxiety Down 04/18/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
The only relief I experienced was in the way of depression and anxiety. I found it easier to drive without worrying as much about an accident....more pain. lol
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
90 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
7
|
|
Convenience
|
|
7
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
amazing improvment 02/24/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I never realized how much this helped with the nerve pain until I started looking back on my life over the last few years. It was a gradual, amazing improvment.
The first couple of weeks are tough because it makes it difficult to sleep.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Year
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
9
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
8
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
9
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
5
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
8
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
7
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
3
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
3
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
Great for Depression/Migraines 02/07/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I haven't had a migraine since I began taking this. My mood is great too. It doesn't help with the pain at all and I have an extremely hard time having an orgasm. Good thing I don't feel bad about it.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3.5 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
9
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
3
|
|
Convenience
|
|
9
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
6
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
i believe in it 01/06/07
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I was prescribed Cymbalta for depression, and I think my doc thought my real pain in my back from 2 car accidents was in my head,it helped 90% with my depression, I was having nightmares, thinking everyone was talking about me, and believe me I do have alot to be depressed about, but I am starting to have a better outlook , my MVA was 10 yrs ago, I was a single parent of 3,since than, all 3 have gone to live with their Dad's, talk about cutting your heart out, N E way, I did think about suicide, but, never went through with it,with Cymbalta I have alot better outlook, dont have as much nightmares, but I do have vivid dreams, I don't cry all the frickin time, and I had hopes for the future, I had tried 7 different anti-depressants, including Zoloft, Paxil,Wellbutrin, Buspor, yah dah,,,, and I started taking Cymbalta because according to my doc this was an anti depressant that would work with my pain pills tramadol or Ultram, $4, generic at Wal-Mart... good luck. we're all screwed up somehow
oh , for some odd reason, which may be in my head, it seemed to ease my back pain, i still drink like a fish, and feel i will always deal with persistant, agonizing back pain... and depression.. but im happy ok, deal with what you got
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
9
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
10
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
10
|
|
Convenience
|
|
1
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
10
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta 11/07/06
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I did not find this helpful at all when it came to helping with physical symptoms. When coming off of it be careful!! My doctor had me stop it cold turkey, and I started getting awful side effects. Tingling all over my body, along with some numbness.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
5 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
3
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
5
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
4
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
TRIGGERED SHAKINESS 10/30/06
Reviewed by:
Northwest, Wisconsin, USA
I was on this along with trazadone cymbalta was during the day for pain that is what they told me anyhow. It worked somewhat. I already have a slight tremor since birth in my hands. BUT during the day in the afternoon my whole body started to shake and I got bad headaches,and I couldn't think straight. My friends even said get off the stuff! That can't be good for you so call your dr. but the dr. said it would take a month for it to work completely as the time went on I would wake up in the morning and I would get up out of bed and as I stood up I felt like I was being pushed into the floor. So I called the dr again and I told him I refused to take it and he got upset. So guess what? I no longer have that Dr. and I will never take Cymbalta again! NOT WORTH IT!
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Month
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
3 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
50 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
1
|
|
Convenience
|
|
5
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Triggered migraines 08/26/06
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I have not had a headache like the one I had when I took this pill. I chalked it up to the usual migraine when it started, but this medication gave me a headache that took me out of commission for a day. A whole day.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Week
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
Tried it 3 Times
|
|
Dosage:
|
10 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
2
|
|
Convenience
|
|
1
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Cymbalta 06/08/06
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
Has helped tremendously with pain.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1.5 Years
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
30 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
6
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
4
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
8
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
9
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
Didn't help at all...made sleeping worse 06/08/06
Reviewed by:
Washington, USA
I would feel so sick in my stomach at night, that it was impossible for me to get a good sleep...which resulted in more pain the next day.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
3 Weeks
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
2
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
1
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
6
|
|
Convenience
|
|
9
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
1
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
0 out of 1 people found this review useful.
helps somewhat 05/08/06
Reviewed by:
Wisconsin, USA
Cymbalta seems to just make my symptoms more tolorable. I don't seem as overwhelmed by my pain and fatigue. I do think that it has helped with some of my "nerve type pain".
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
4
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
5
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
7
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
6
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
5
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
8
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
only been on short time 03/30/06
Reviewed by:
Wyoming, USA
I am still waiting for hlep wth pain relief but the best side effect for me is that I have lost 20 pounds in past two months
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
2 Times Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
90 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
3
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
2
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
9
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
6
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
9
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
10
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
2 out of 2 people found this review useful.
i *was* very hopeful... 12/22/05
Reviewed by:
Location Not Given
I've been on cymbalta for about 2 months now, and I can honestly say I hate it. The doc said it could take 2-3 months to work...so I'm always thinking "OK this week I'll call up and say I can't handle it anymore" But then I get all hopeful again, and try ot put it off as long as possible.
I've heard so much good stuff about cymbalta, but my experience has not been good. The first 2 weeks i was nauseus a lot and I fell asleep ALL the time. In my car in the parking lot of the target, at 5PM, 6PM when I got home from work...NOw I am just tired all the time and the worst for me is that I can't wake up in the morning. THis has NEVER been a problem for me before. I've had to hide alarm clocks behind furniture, have 5 alarms go off at the same time in different parts of my room...anything only works for a day, and then I (without realizing it) turn them off and am late to work again. WHen i don't have anything to wake me up I sleep for 19 hrs in a row sometimes. Then, some nights, I can't sleep at all, and I am up cleaning, or working, or watching tv. And after all this I have not gotten an ounce of pain relief. nothing. nada. And definitely more stress because of the whole sleep thing....SO, thats my review! Best of luck to everyone, as with many drugs, its whatever works for you.
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
2 Months
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
40 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
1
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
1
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
n/a
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
3
|
|
Convenience
|
|
9
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
1 out of 1 people found this review useful.
Cymbalta has really helped me! 10/30/05
Reviewed by:
Orange Capital of CA, California, USA
I had unrelenting migraine headaches and was in severe pain. As a result of the physical symptoms, my nerves were shot. I started Cymbalta in the AM at 30 mg while tapering of Celexa, which I had been taking at night. Almost immediately, the Cymbalta stopped the migraines. Those of you who have migraines know that pain! I wish that I had started it two years ago instead of the Celexa!
|
|
|
Treatment Time Frame:
|
1 Month
|
|
Treatment Frequency:
|
1 Time Per Day
|
|
Dosage:
|
60 mg
|
|
|
|
|
Fibromyalgia Tender Point Pain Relief
|
|
9
|
|
Myofascial Trigger Point Pain Relief
|
|
9
|
|
More Energy / Mental Clarity
|
|
10
|
|
Better Sleep
|
|
9
|
|
No Side Effects
|
|
10
|
|
Convenience
|
|
10
|
|
Cost/Benefit
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
Depression Relief
|
|
10
|
|
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Relief
|
|
10
|
|
Genitourinary Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Skin Problem Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
Hypoglycemia Relief
|
|
n/a
|
|
|
Did this review help you?
|
|
|
|
|
|
