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What is Duloxetine?

Duloxetine is used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder. It is a selective serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs) used to treat both emotional and physical symptoms of depression, it is prescribed for diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain and management of fibromyalgia.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Depression 561 143
Fibromyalgia 389 123
Pain 171 37
Treat my mood condition(s) 155 35
Other 82 23
Anxiety 73 24

See all 1457 patients currently taking Duloxetine


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
49 13%
Moderate
83 22%
Mild
100 27%
None
142 38%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sex drive (libido) decreased
91 24%
increased sweating
85 23%
Brain cloud
71 19%
Nausea
70 19%
Dizziness
67 18%
I feel flat
57 15%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Duloxetine. See all 32 dosages ►

  30mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 60 mg weekly 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 180 mg weekly 30 mg daily 30 mg one time 33.125 mg daily 40 mg daily 45 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 65 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 130 mg daily 150 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily 210 mg daily 240 mg daily 270 mg daily 1800 mg daily 5400 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 80 Number of Patients: 80 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 250 Number of Patients: 250 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 30 Number of Patients: 30 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 805 Number of Patients: 805 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 114 Number of Patients: 114 4 Number of Patients: 4 176 Number of Patients: 176 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Duloxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
138 41% Side effects too severe: 41%
Did not seem to work
116 35% Did not seem to work: 35%
Doctor's advice
67 20% Doctor's advice: 20%
Other
46 14% Other: 14%
Expense
42 13% Expense: 13%
Personal research
13 4% Personal research: 4%
Course of treatment ended
7 2% Course of treatment ended: 2%
Not indicated
4 1% Not indicated: 1%

See all 311 patients who’ve stopped taking Duloxetine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Duloxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
19
69
113
224
196
269

Stopped Taking Duloxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
61
82
47
46
35
40

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
315 84%
Usually
51 14%
Sometimes
3 1%
Never
5 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
39 10%
Somewhat
46 12%
A little
65 17%
Not at all
224 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
5 1%
$100-199
23 6%
$50-99
41 11%
$25-49
94 25%
< $25
99 26%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.