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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 17, 2019 | Replies (59)
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@teresa
Hi Teresa
I went to the dr. yesterday & now they want me to take Cymbalta 60mg in the morning & to take a 100mg Gabapentin at night for a week & then increase the Gabapentin. I like the Cymbalta & have not noticed any real side effects. I just worry about constipation. Did you have any problems with constipation? I will try this & see what happens. I return to the dr, in a month. Thank you for your respond. It gives me a little hope bc I am in terrible constant pain. I can hardly walk bc it hurts so much.
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Constipation has not increased with the Cymbalta, however, I just take 20 mg, once a day. Gabapentin, however, really resulted in serious constipation.
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@tigreyes2004
No medication has helped me with the pn pain except morphine sulfate contin. I take several meds that may be constipating, and I've been in the hospital for bowel obstruction and surgery several times in my stomach. So I take Lactulose at bedtime. It does well keeping things moving.
I don't think that constipation should be an issue if you take something like that. It's a thick, sweet liquid, and I take a tablespoon, but if I start feeling constipated I take a little more.
Jim