• Effectiveness

  Major (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (atrial fibrillation, tachycardia (fast heart rate), heart stopped, heart palpitations)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Twice daily

Advice & Tips: Although Savella almost killed me... It did work 99% of my symptoms were gone. I felt like I had a new lease on life. On day 11 I felt weird like my heart was pounding for no reason non-stop

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for depressed mood)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (elevated blood pressure, weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Twice daily

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for depressed mood)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (elevated blood pressure, weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Twice daily

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for depressed mood)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 200 mg Daily

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (weight gain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 12.5 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I felt that Savella was very effective in managing FM symptoms, however, with Obamacare, it was too expensive to keep taking it. I gradually weened off the medication, and am now using supplements from Melaleuca and JuicePlus and am doing just as well.

Cost: $200+ monthly