Has anyone ever been on Duloxetine (Cymbalta) for nerve pain?

Posted by dougs72 @dougs72, Jun 22 7:24am

Has anyone ever been on Duloxetine (Cymbalta) for nerve pain? I've had 2 doctors push this on me. I know that the side effects can be terrible and getting off of it difficult as it requires titration. One time I remember taking one pill, and not liking the way it made me feel, so not taking any more, and still feeling the "weirdness" from it 2-3 days later. and that was only 30 mg Please pass along any experience or advice from this medication?

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jomarymarg | @jomarymarg | 4 days ago

In reply to @harley22 "Took Cymbalta many years ago and it didn’t help meat all It was very hard to..." + (show)

That's why I don't take any medications for this neuropathy. I've been on all of them gained weight, my children said I acted wacky on the gabapentin. I'm taking a low milligram of methadone but it does nothing for my pain. Currently I'm losing a lot of weight, I'm hungry but I take a few bites spit it out and do that all day. I recently was told I have Sjogrens and Raynaud's, but have I have been sick for years. It took me a long time to get my biopsies, now I'm hoping the Rheumatologist can treat me for all the pain and other symptoms. I'm hoping to get a full body Pet Scan soon to check for any return of cancer due to my weight and appetite loss. I'm so over this pain. The way I feel is as if I'm dying very slow .
How do you manage your pain and other symptoms? Have you lost appetite or weight?

dougs72 | @dougs72 | 3 days ago

In reply to @robertwp "My pcp started me on Cymbalta recently for chronic nerve pain from 6 back surgeries in..." + (show)

How effective was the 1200 of gaba on it's own?

julkun | @julkun | 3 days ago

I just hear on the news that they are recalling Duloxetine (Cymbalta) because it can cause cancer. It didn't work for me so I stopped a while ago after briefly using it. EVERYBODY BE CAREFUL!!!!!

robertwp | @robertwp | 3 days ago

In reply to @dougs72 "How effective was the 1200 of gaba on it's own?" + (show)

It helped a lot, tried to wean of it twice over the years and much of my pain came back within a few days. The Cymbalta wiped out most remaining pain and helped my mood at the same time. Also as a plus,my insomnia went away due to my mind relaxing once I was in bed. Before,it was hard to turn off my thoughts about everything going on. Not anymore.

cantab | @cantab | 2 days ago

In reply to @julkun "I just hear on the news that they are recalling Duloxetine (Cymbalta) because it can cause..." + (show)

It was a small recall but there are other problems. Read the below article on “The People’s
‘S Pharmacy “.
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/duloxetine-recall-fda-flags-carcinogenic-risk-for-popular-antidepressant

kforrest | @kforrest | 2 days ago

it didn't work for me. otc aspirin or motrin alieve did help though.

heisenberg34 | @heisenberg34 | 2 days ago

In reply to @julkun "I just hear on the news that they are recalling Duloxetine (Cymbalta) because it can cause..." + (show)

julkun (@julkun): Don't you know that everything causes cancer? LOL

Nancy C | @nac1 | 2 days ago

In reply to @dougs72 "How effective was the 1200 of gaba on it's own?" + (show)

I take Cymbalta for pain and anxiety. Really helps and no side effects. I can’t believe it would be taken off the market!

betty1949 | @betty1949 | 2 days ago

In reply to @julkun "I just hear on the news that they are recalling Duloxetine (Cymbalta) because it can cause..." + (show)

Got a source?

cperlin | @cperlin | 2 days ago

Please see this article which reviews the research on antidepressants for pain management: https://www.paintreatmentdirectory.com/posts/antidepressants-for-pain-relief. Basically, they do little to nothing to relieve pain and can have serious side effects.