Posted by Dr. Vijoy on October 17, 2005, at 23:01:14
In reply to Re: Eye opener, posted by Cindy45 on October 17, 2005, at 22:44:51
The symptoms you are describing are typical with Cymbalta. If youre being treated for chronic pain, there are other medications with less side effects out there that can do the job. I am not sure what would be the best for chronic pain, but amitriptyline is the classic antidepressant for chronic pain that seems to work well. Even if you stay on the cymbalta, 60mg is too much. If your doctor argues that Cymablta is a newer drug and therefore better than amitriptyline, that is not true. Amitriptyline is a well established older drug, whereas cymbalta is very similar to the mechanism of amitriptyline but seems to be giving people more side effects than most drugs out there. It is also very expensive and therefore not a first resort as far as im concerned.
Regardless if youre seeing benefit than stick with it. As with any antyidepressant, if youre going to stop the drug without switching to a different drug, GRADUALLY taper the dose!
New is not always better.
Yours,
Vijoy
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