Posted by med_empowered on August 6, 2005, at 3:25:07
In reply to Cymbalta, posted by Ayesha72 on August 6, 2005, at 3:01:38
hey! Sorry about your ordeal with Cymbalta...I, for one, am concerned about the widespread use of such a new drug. Since alot of problems don't come out until *after* a drug has been on the market for a while, it seems like a *bad* idea to RX new meds too widely when older meds w/ well-known side-effects can be prescribed (and they're often cheaper, too). I just wanted to suggest that you report your problem to the FDA (I think your doc can do it, too..but you'd prolly be better off reporting it yourself). The "real" side-effect profile is based not only on clinical trials, but on reports made to the FDA; unfortunately, there isn't much of an effort to get problems reported, so its estimated that only 10%, perhaps less, of all adverse reactions/events are reported.
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