Does Cymbalta work for pain relief when detoxing with Suboxone?

5 Oct 2005

The docs added Cymbalta for me as well, 30mgs twice a day, and it didn't do a danged thing! I did get some relief with Neurontin, but nothing at all from the Cymbalta, and ended up adding Oxy.

11 Nov 2005

I took Cymbalta for the pain I have from fibro and it did nothing for me. Didn't block any pain receptors in my brain. The only thing I have found to just take the edge off my pain is Percocet 5/325. I hope it has worked for you! Pain is a horrible thing to deal with especially when you feel like nobody in your world believes that you could have so much pain.

12 Nov 2005

Isnt it awful when most doc's think it all in ur head, why is that... beings u've taken narcs before, ur gonna be looking for the same time of effect and relief with this new drug that u did with the others... you wont. and of all the research I've done on depression, I never once seen anything about pain being linked to depression. Although my theory is yeah ur gonna be depressed if ur in alot of pain.:)

12 Nov 2005

I have been on Cymbalta for about 7 or 8 months now, and nothing! Never got a smidge of relief until they finally gave me Oxy.

If you are in that much pain, and they won't believe you, then you need to see a different doc! That is ridiculous. There could be many underlying conditions causing it, and by brushing it off as depression, they could miss something dangerous, or degenerative, or both.

Not everyone has a perfectly obvious condition that you can just see when you look at them. Mine is in my spine, so even if someone sees the slight visible curve, it doesn't look severe, like I should be miserable, and have trouble walking, and functioning.

3 May 2008

20 May 2008

When I first started in pain management my Doc had me try Cymbalta:(, but it didn't do anything for my pain. I am currently on 200mg MSContin:D (Morphine Sulphate) four times a day. That seems to do the job, and has for the last year or so.

25 May 2008

It's scandalous that the company that makes Cymbalta is getting away with advertising that it helps "pain associated with depression". What a bunch of hooey!
The Cymbalta manufacturers have successfully invented a new depression symptom to sell more drugs, and to make their drug stand out from the myriad of other SSRI's and SNRI's.

Cymbalta is simply an SNRI. It inhibits the reuptake of seratonin and norepinephrine, and that is all it does. It does not have any direct action on pain.
I would understand the advertising claim if they combined it with aspirin or something... but they don't.
It's true that depression can cause physical lethargy, and physical lethargy can cause muscle cramping and soreness.
But to say Cymbalta helps pain is like saying that tylenol can cure depression.

25 May 2008

I was eager to try Cymbalta because I thought it would be great to find one drug that could help with my pain and depression. Unfortunately it didn't help my pain at all and my depression became much more severe while I was on it.

I went off it after a few months and switched back to Lexapro. It doesn't help with my pain, but at least it stands up well to the depression. I don't know who is having success using Cymbalta for pain, but I certainly didn't.