Brand Name Cymbalta by Eli Lilly is being discontinued!
I am seriously overwhelmed and scared. I just found out online that Cymbalta (brand name from Eli Lilly) is being discontinued worldwide. I called Eli Lilly customer service and they stated that it is discontinued. Whatever allotment is left with be distributed and that is it. I have tried the generic versions of Cymbalta along with other medications, such as Fetzima, Zoloft, Trintellix, Pristiq, Wellbutrin…none of them helped at all. I actually went into withdrawal in 2014 and 2016 when my health insurance wouldn’t cover the brand name Cymbalta, while having to take the generic duloxetine. It does not work the same, especially if you’ve been on the brand name first. I’ve contacted the FDA many times, and they could care less. There’s many articles out there that stated how many people have had issues with the generic version of Cymbalta. I currently Called the FDA to see if they could reach out to Eli Lilly for those of us who currently take Cymbalta. I have been on it now for almost 18 years, even emailing the CEO with no response from the company. Obviously they don’t care. They made their money over the last 20 off of the medication and now they have new medication to make more money off of. I literally have been getting severe panic attacks over this and I know when I’m not on the brand name, I will end up in the hospital or dead, and nobody is listening! What more can I do to change this? I feel like I’m planning my own funeral in my head, and none of these corporate people that make these decision could care less. The only med that works for me is being discontinued and I feel like my days are numbered. Never been this scared in my life.
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I’d check other pharmacies, I just received some from my mail order prescriptions thru TRICARE/ Express Scripts. I recently got off of it.
I was taking the generic brand.
Try another pharmacy. I googled it and it said they ran out of certain forms of it temporarily, like the slow-release.
It's now July 2025 and I just found out the Cymbalta is being discontinued. I went through 3 month of anxiety working on a prior approval. I was just told by a pharmacist that I can have my Dr. write the generic prescription but put Dispense as Written with the name of one of the generic companies. This will give you the same company s generic each month. At least this will give you a consistent about of the medication and the same filler over time.
Same….on it for the exact length of time. Terrified!
What to do about Cymbalta?
Really discontinued? It is the only thing that helps me!
Tried others, nothing
Any suggestions