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Duloxetine Treatment Report

Brand Names: Cymbalta

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.

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Reasons taken

1714 patients in the community are taking or have taken Duloxetine.

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Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Depression 443 25%
Fibromyalgia 312 18%
Treat my mood condition(s) 148 8%
Pain 128 7%
Other 76 4%
Major Depressive Disorder 60 3%
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 32 1%
Anxiety 31 1%
Pain, all over (generalized) 29 1%
Support another treatment 17 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Duloxetine.

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All (Show top 10)

  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 75 Number of Patients: 75 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 243 Number of Patients: 243 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 782 Number of Patients: 782 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 113 Number of Patients: 113 4 Number of Patients: 4 163 Number of Patients: 163 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Duloxetine or how long patients were taking Duloxetine before stopping.

Currently Taking Duloxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
21
61
118
224
192
259

Stopped Taking Duloxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
60
77
46
44
36
38
Why Patients Stopped Taking Duloxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 143 44% Side effects too severe: 44%
Did not seem to work 119 37% Did not seem to work: 37%
Doctor's advice 69 21% Doctor's advice: 21%
Other 49 15% Other: 15%
Expense 39 12% Expense: 12%
Personal research 13 4% Personal research: 4%
Course of treatment ended 6 2% Course of treatment ended: 2%
Not indicated 4 1% Not indicated: 1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 357 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 18% 7
Moderate 47% 18
Slight 16% 6
None 8% 3
Can't tell 11% 4

Treat my mood condition(s)

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 13% 46
Moderate 22% 78
Mild 26% 93
None 39% 140

Top reported side-effects include: increased sweating, Decreased sex drive (libido), Brain cloud

Summary results are based on 357 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 357)

  • Babystars
    Sex: F
    Flare-up: Moderate
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • Babystars
  • by Babystars
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Pain
Advice/Tips
Take it as prescribed and it helps the pain.If you stop taking it for a couple of days you will definitly feel the difference!!So keep taking it.

  • fragiletruth
    Sex: F
    Depression: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 0
    Mania: 2
    Physical: 0
    External Stress: Low
    24 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
  • fragiletruth
  • by fragiletruth
    Jan 28, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Going off this medication was hell. I was prescribed it because my GP thought it would be a good idea to just put me on an antidepressant instead of telling me to see a psychiatrist - **NEVER allow a GP to be your only point of contact for dealing with a mental illness.**

See all evaluation results for Duloxetine

Report created on November 07, 2009.