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Duloxetine Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Cymbalta
Generic Name: Duloxetine
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
506 patients in the community are taking or have taken Duloxetine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Depression | 163 | 32% |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 119 | 23% |
| Other | 72 | 14% |
| Pain | 56 | 11% |
| Anxiety | 14 | 2% |
| Major Depression | 8 | 1% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 7 | 1% |
| General health | 4 | <1% |
| Emotional lability | 4 | <1% |
| Sensation | 4 | <1% |
| Fibromyalgia | 4 | <1% |
| Neuropathic pain | 3 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | <1% |
| Treat Parkinson's | 2 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
| Neuropathy pain | 1 | <1% |
| Pain, chronic | 1 | <1% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 1 | <1% |
| Nausea | 1 | <1% |
| bipolar disorder | 1 | <1% |
| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 1 | <1% |
| Numbness | 1 | <1% |
| Deep Bone Pain | 1 | <1% |
| Headaches | 1 | <1% |
| Problems concentrating | 1 | <1% |
| Cognition | 1 | <1% |
| Burning sensation | 1 | <1% |
| Mobility | 1 | <1% |
| Back pain | 1 | <1% |
| Don't know | 1 | <1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Duloxetine or how long patients were taking Duloxetine before stopping.
Currently taking Duloxetine
Stopped taking Duloxetine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 58 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 33% | 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 33% | 7 |
| Slight | 14% | 3 |
| None | 14% | 3 |
| Can't tell | 5% | 1 |
Treat my mood condition(s)
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 14% | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 19% | 11 |
| Mild | 17% | 10 |
| None | 50% | 29 |
Top reported side-effects include: Decreased sex drive, increased sweating, "Brain Cloud"
Summary results are based on 58 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 58)
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- Babystars
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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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.
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1 helpful mark
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- mountabora
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Severe
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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by mountabora
Aug 11, 2006
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsSevere
- Treat my mood condition(s)
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0 helpful marks