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Has anyone had experience using cymbalta for pain relief?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jan 16, 2023 | Replies (177)
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Cymbalta can be stopped, but like any other medication in its class it requires a slow taper. At 60 mg per day, I was told the stopping time would be 11-12 weeks, going down 10 mg per week. But it still works for me, so no problem at this time. Higher doses, as for depression, are much harder to stop, so I am resisting an increase at this,point.
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erossano | @erossano | Dec 23, 2022

I began taking Cymbalta because extreme back pain.I read about the analgesic effects at 60 mg. After taking it for about a year and a half it wasn’t working for back pain so I decided to stop. I tapered off slowly as directed, and during that I did still have some pain relief, now that I’m all over the Cymbalta, the pain is back, and I must say that the side effects of tapering off were horrible. I got, but I now know as rebound anxiety. I actually do believe I have residual problems because of it.

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