Posted by Ed O`Flaherty on December 18, 2005, at 19:35:40
In reply to Re: should I try Cymbalta for fibromylagia?, posted by lynn971 on December 18, 2005, at 0:07:13
I have two patients who suffered great distress with fibromyalgia. They attended various specialists but were still doing very badly with pain and depression. I read on a website www.lowdosenaltrexone.org that
a low dose of naltrexone (3-4.5mg at night)might help.Much to my surpise it worked well in both cases and they are much better and life is actually quite good for them now but not 100% normal and neither is cured.It took several months for the dose to work to its maximum extent. I have found this medication useful in many conditions and am gradually coming to the conclusion that it may have antidepressant properties too in some but not all patients.I will give just one example. I have a lady who was still very depressed on 40 mg Prozac 6 months after having breast cancer treated. She could barely leave her bed in the morning and lost interest in getting a job. I put her on 4.5mg naltexone because it seems to boost the immune system and sometimes stops many types of cancer spreading. A month later she was full of life,in good form ,not tired any more and had got a job. Her mother asked could she get some of that medication too,although she has no particular disease herself.I have found Cymbalta to be of use to a small number of patients for anxiety and depression but on the whole I have not been very impressed by it.
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