Duloxetine Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: 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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Anxiety | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Treat my MSA | 1 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| help with sleep | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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2 | 100% |
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Expense
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1 | 50% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- david100
- Sex: M
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Severe
- Autonomic: Severe
- Head: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: moderate
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- david100
- 120 mg daily
- since Sep 19, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Nerve pain (neuropathic pain)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I would say that Cymbalta is helpful for the treatment of Parkinson/MSA patients. Both for Neuro pain and depression. See full evaluation
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- DrDOS
- Sex: M
- Mood: Very bad
- Cognition: Severe
- Autonomic: Severe
- Head: severe
- Arms: severe
- Legs: severe
- Tremors: severe
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- DrDOS
- since Apr 11, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 2 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.