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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 25 2
Emotional lability 2 0
Other 1 0
General health 1 0
chronic pain 1 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Dosages

  30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Duloxetine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe
2 33% Side effects too severe: 33%
Doctor's advice
1 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Other
1 17% Other: 17%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Duloxetine

Currently Taking Duloxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
1
4
4
4

Stopped Taking Duloxetine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
0
2
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 33%
$50-99
1 33%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.