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Has anyone used Cymbalta for nerve pain?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jan 31 1:21am | Replies (74)Comment receiving replies
Cymbalta is a great pain reliever and anti depressant for me but I am going off it and trying to get another regimen worked out. Why? Because of what was a pretty severe weight gain. I don’t imagine everyone gets that side effect but I did. Like nearly everyone, I did slowly put on weight as I reached middle age. But when I started Cymbalta I experienced a rapid additional weight gain. I just hated that. I had a spinal cord stimulator placed in February after the Cymbalta and Lyrica couldn’t control my pain from osteoarthritis. I am currently working with my doctor to find what meds are still helping and which can be dropped.
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Ah, so sorry. I started taking Cymbalta years ago for clinical depression. I actually was feeling much better so with MD, I slowly weaned off it. No problems. However a good month or so after the last dose I began to realize my wreck of a spine - both lumbar and cervical spine - were really bothering me. (I have had 3 surgeries -2 lumbar and 1 neck for discs and spinal stenosis, etc. I can’t tolerate Gabapentin. Tried various things but eventually went back on the Cymbalta and it does help me. So I still take it.
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I cannot tell if my weight gain is from Cymbalta, as I’ve gained weight in the last year and half. I’ve had a C5-6 discectomy and fusion with hardware. Since then I’ve been on so many medications. My current regimen includes Gabapentin, Nurtec, and Cymbalta. It’s terrible that we have to deal with this side effect when we already have so much else to struggle with.
Best of luck to you all!
Kat