308 patient evaluations for Duloxetine

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Jun 11, 2021 (Started Jan 15, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for chronic pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 3, 2020 (Started Mar 31, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 5400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I changed doctors and had hip replacement surgery on my worst hip and then the other hip. NO MORE PAIN. It seems that due to lifelong taking cortisone pills and slathering cortisone cremes for severe allergies/eczema/asthma my body's cartilage was affected. So even tho I have some pain in most of my joints-I know why.
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 31, 2020 (Started Jul 01, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This medication caused weight gain for me. The more weight, the worse My joints felt.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 6, 2018 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I still think there is some kind of regulating interaction between Cymbalta and carbidopa-L-dopa. And I still can't explain or predict the sunlight /length of day effects.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Sep 30, 2017 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 120 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The Psych Dr recommended adding 30mg Cymbalta later in the day when the 60 mg dose is used up. Not sure if and when I wil dose up to 120 mg.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Mar 6, 2017 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 120 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I am on 2x60mg and tried to cut back to 1x in mid February. That was too soon. Also, I am waking up in the daylight hours, and am not working at UTC anymore. I am trying not to use modafinil for wakefulness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Sep 23, 2016 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 120 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have gone up in dosage from 60mg/day to 120mg/day, since Sept 1. Since I am ahead of my usual "sometime in Sept -Oct"schedule, Psychiatrist called it prophylactic. Said to call his office if I need to change med schedule. Aass for cost, I have met my yearly out-of-pocket, so i pay nothing.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Feb 1, 2015 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I am taking 2x60mg at night, and 0.75 L-dopa every 4.25 hrs.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

May 11, 2014 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have noticed that when taking 2x60mg, the L-dopa 25/100 can be taken 4-5 hours. When taking 60mg Cymbalta, the L-dopa is about 3-4hrs. IS it regulating the release? I like the 2x60mg. I wonder if it is causing sleepiness as I usually cut dosage in the SPringtime. It will take weeks to figure this out. I don't want to wreck my summer. Also, Cymbalta trashes the sex drive.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Apr 18, 2013 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness, excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I will take this until the effectivess goes away.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)

Aug 23, 2011 (Started Apr 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Cymbalta has been working for me for dysthymia.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2010 (Started Sep 18, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily

Jun 30, 2008 (Started Sep 18, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This drug was a turning point in treatment for me. It helped me finally stabilize my depression and helped take some of the edge off my pain. It was pivotal in getting "me" back after my MS diagnosis. However, as time went on I just started to feel muted. I couldn't feel more then moderately interested in life. I realized this drug was working to well. I very slowly weaned myself off, but the side effects of stopping were INTENSE! Mood swings at the drop of a hat, crying over the silliest things, manic like behavior. That lasted almost a year! It's truly like you have to relearn how to have and handle emotion all over again because they were muted for so long. 8 years after stopping this medication, I feel like I'm back to "normal", for the most part. I still cry like a baby over the stupidest things, and heaven forbid if I should actually have a reason to cry! I never was like this before, but I can live with it now that the depression is tied up and thrown in a black hole somewhere in my mind.
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 20, 2016 (Started May 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (muscle and joint pain, muscle fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 180 mg Twice daily
Advice & Tips: This medication is habit forming and it’s withdrawal effects took nearly SEVEN MONTHS to wear off! Be careful when you are prescribed this medication..
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 16, 2017 (Started Mar 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (brain fog)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jun 20, 2016 (Started Mar 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (brain fog)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 22, 2012 (Started Mar 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 22, 2012 (Started Mar 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2017 (Started Oct 30, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (migraine headaches, constipation, nausea, gas pain, daytime sleepiness, bitter taste, insomnia, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 10, 2016 (Started Oct 30, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (migraine headaches, constipation, nausea, gas pain, daytime sleepiness, bitter taste, insomnia, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 7, 2016 (Started Oct 30, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (migraine headaches, constipation, nausea, gas pain, daytime sleepiness, bitter taste, insomnia, headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 3, 2016 (Started Oct 30, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (migraine headaches, constipation, nausea, gas pain, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 2, 2013 (Started Oct 30, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (migraine headaches, constipation, nausea, gas pain, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Oct 30, 2013 (Started Oct 30, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (migraine headaches, constipation, nausea, gas pain, daytime sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 2, 2017 (Started Jan 18, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (lack of motivation)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 15, 2016 (Started Jul 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar II disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for fibromyalgia)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 120 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Feb 25, 2013 (Started Jul 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar II disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 120 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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