← Return to Brand Name Cymbalta by Eli Lilly is being discontinued!

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@auntieoakley

Hello @rockerjock79 first let me say that I understand your anxiety and panic over this. I tried a different antidepressant for two years when a drug I had to take for cancer would interact with my regular, for me it is Zoloft. I tried two and they didn’t work and made things worse. I finally had to tell the doctors I could no longer take that cancer drug and we would just have to figure out something different.
I don’t think they are discontinuing cymbalta because they are making newer more expensive drugs, although I certainly would say that they absolutely do that……..a lot. In this case, it might be even worse, they found that it can cause cancer and had a complete recall.
I don’t have suggestions for you except to keep trying with your doctor to find some treatment or combination of treatments that will work for you.
Are you trying any new treatment now?

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It was an impurity that could cause cancer and not the duloxetine itself. It could be that the cost to remove the impurity isn't worth it to them, but that's just a SWAG. Or a supplier might refuse to upgrade an intermediate. Or they reject too many batches of intermediates.