I am prescribed 60mg cymbalta at bedtime for cervical disc pain as well as migraine prophylaxis. I lost my insurance in february but I had a bottle of 30mg cymbalta left over from when I first started it. I took 2 30mg capsules at bedtime a few nights ago and woke up vomitting in the middle of the night... is this because 60mg is now too much for me? Should I go back to the 30's for a week and then take 60mg after that? Thank you!
Vomiting from cymbalta?
Question posted by cbomb79 on 23 May 2012
Last updated on 24 May 2012
3 Answers
kaismama
23 May 2012
If you've been without it for a bit, I would treat it as a totally new med for you. Go back to the way you started it.
Inactive
23 May 2012
Hello cbomb79. Not necessarily meaning the dose is too much for you. Nausea is a common side effect to taking Cymbalta, it effects up 25% of users taking it. Try the 30mg and if the nausea is minimal, liveable wait a few weeks before taking the 60mg, giving your system time to adjust. Regards, pledge
cbomb79
23 May 2012
Thanks, pledge. That's exactly what my pharmacist reccomended when I spoke to him earlier. When I did it that way in the beginning I did not have any nausea or vomiting! Thanks so much!
Inactive
24 May 2012
You are welcome and have a good day.
balbanese
23 May 2012
Nausea is a common side-effect of this stuff, and Cymbalta really isn't something to start taking out of a drawer. This stuff is nasty (my opinion) and it's prescribed with caution. Even w/o insurance you should contact the original prescribing physician on this. I had a REALLY rough ride with this stuff so I cannot recommend you just take it like this nor do I recommend any dosing suggestions you get that do not come from the prescribing doc. Just trying to help.
cbomb79
23 May 2012
Neither my neurologist nor my nurse thru the practice will return my calls... I've left messages asking them to guide me thru the process. It was helping a lot for the disc pain and I was only getting about 9 migraines a month from 15+. I feel like they want me to come into the office but the charge is $285 for an office visit. I spoke to my pharmacist earlier today and he said to take the 30mg for one week then step up just as I had done when I started it... all I know is that the cymbalta and zonegran that I had sure beat what I went thru on topamax and I've still got tons of that horrible stuff... thanks balbanese... and sorry I snapped at you the other day. Truly. I know you were just expressing your concern and I took it the wrong way. Warm regards, carissa.
balbanese
23 May 2012
No worries, thanks for the apology it means a lot.
Billy
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