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69 patient evaluations
for
Milnacipran
Purposes:
Pain and Fibromyalgia
(Started Jan 15, 2012)
Date
Dosage
Pain
Perceived effectiveness
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Mar 23, 2012
100 mg
Daily
None
None
Mild
Always
Not at all
0 helpful marks
KatB
Sex:
F
Data Quality: 1 star
Pain: All
Fatigue: All
Sleep: All
Stiffness: All
function: None
external_stress: None
Stickman: all
Description: F 37yCFS: 19y DxFM: 3y Dx
by
KatB
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Purpose:
Fibromyalgia
(Started Jan 10, 2010)
Date
Dosage
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Feb 28, 2010
150 mg
Daily
Moderate
Moderate
Always
Not at all
Date
Feb 28, 2010
Advice & Tips
If this doesn't make you sick to your stomach then I would try it. At the highest dose it did help with the pain.
Cost
< $25 monthly
0 helpful marks
Purpose:
Fibromyalgia
(Started Apr 25, 2012)
Date
Dosage
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
May 15, 2012
100 mg
Daily
None
Severe
Never
Somewhat
Date
May 15, 2012
Advice & Tips
I took this for almost 2 months. It caused such dryness in my mouth that my taste buds were hard and swollen. It became painful to swallow.
0 helpful marks
Purposes:
Pain, Fibromyalgia, and Depressed mood
(Started Mar 10, 2010)
Date
Dosage
Pain
Perceived effectiveness
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Depressed mood
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
May 01, 2012
50 mg
Daily
0 helpful marks
Manumit
Sex:
M
Data Quality: 1 star
Type: Relapsing-Remitting
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: none
Speech: none
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
by
Manumit
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Purposes:
Depressed mood and Pain
(Started Feb 17, 2012)
Date
Dosage
Depressed mood
Perceived effectiveness
Pain
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Feb 15, 2012
None
None
None
Always
Not at all
0 helpful marks
Purposes:
Pain and Fibromyalgia
(Started Jun 07, 2012)
Date
Dosage
Pain
Perceived effectiveness
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Jun 21, 2012
25 mg
Daily
None
None
Severe
Always
A little
0 helpful marks
Purpose:
Fibromyalgia
(Started Jul 28, 2011)
Date
Dosage
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Jul 28, 2012
100 mg
Daily
None
Severe
Always
A little
Date
Jul 28, 2012
Advice & Tips
I am currently lowering my dosage to discontinue this treatment
i take 50 mg a day atm
Cost
< $25 monthly
0 helpful marks
Purposes:
Fibromyalgia, Depressed mood, and Major Depressive Disorder
(Started Jun 14, 2012)
Date
Dosage
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Depressed mood
Perceived effectiveness
Major Depressive Disorder
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Aug 22, 2012
200 mg
Daily
?
?
Date
Aug 22, 2012
Advice & Tips
savella and plaqunil made me puke. taking savella at different time then plaqunil has helped 70% of the time.
Cost
$50-99 monthly
0 helpful marks
Purposes:
Pain and Fibromyalgia
(Started Jun 15, 2012)
Date
Dosage
Pain
Perceived effectiveness
Fibromyalgia
Perceived effectiveness
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Oct 06, 2012
100 mg
Daily
None
None
Severe
Always
Not at all
Date
Oct 06, 2012
Advice & Tips
The reaction between this medication and another medication along with something I ate caused Serotonin Toxicity Syndrome putting me in the hospital for 3 days.
Cost
$25-49 monthly
0 helpful marks
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