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Has anyone ever been on Duloxetine (Cymbalta) for nerve pain?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 6 12:28pm | Replies (538)Comment receiving replies
I started gabapentin 3 months ago and it helped my nerve pain. I was also put on cymbalta one moth ago. I am hoping the gabapentin will keep the pain down when I get radiation treatment. I was on cymbalta once before ten years ago and managed to come off of it slowly. I am taking cymbalta to counteract some of the affects of Orgovyx which is an ADT drug. It’s bad when you have to use drugs to counter act other drugs but being put on Gabapentin has helped me with the nerve pain also.
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@pamperme
I never had any luck with Gabapentin. I can’t even remember the highest dose I was taking? It just never worked.
As for Cymbalta, I was put on that for Depression at one time. I understand it’s supposed to help pain, but that also did not work for me however, I am now on 50 mg of Lyrica in the a.m. and 100 mg of Lyrica in the p.m. when I go to bed.
I used to have shooting electric pain going across the lower part of my back and since I’ve been on Lyrica, I do not have that shooting pain anymore.
I also will use a heating pad for relief and a tens unit (sometimes the tens unit is too irritating to use and is making the nerve endings worse)
If my pain ever does flare up and I can’t get my sciatica to settle down then I go in and get 30 ml Toradol. If you’re having so much pain and you can’t get in to see your doctor, then go to urgent care and if you can’t get in there, then go to the hospital. Toradol has saved my life !
Sometimes I’ve had to get a Toradol shot for 3 days in a row. But this only happens a couple times a year when I’m in that much pain.
I hope this helps.