Cymbalta
The Many Ills of Peripheral Nerve Damage
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Source: New York Times
If you have ever slept on an arm and awakened with a “dead” hand, or sat too long with your legs crossed and had your foot fall asleep, you have some inkling of what many people with peripheral neuropathy experience day in and day out, often with no relief in sight.
And numbness and tingling are hardly [...]
Fibromyalgia is an illness that aches all over the body
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Dear Dr. Donohue: I have the symptoms for fibromyalgia as they were listed in a monthly medical letter from a highly respected medical school. I am taking water therapy for it. The person evaluating me says I probably have it. I was checked by a gastroenterologist, who found no problems. My family doctor sees no [...]
Depression and The Recession: Cymbalta Sales Are on the Rise
Sunday, August 30th, 2009During a downturn, we tend to seek the “bright spots” — sectors or products that are doing well when all the rest are struggling. For example, there were plenty of reports over the past year about retail items — lipstick, chocolate, and macaroni and cheese — that were bucking downward trends and selling well during [...]
Effective Treatments Available for Anxiety Disorder
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009When worries pile up, seem inescapable and interfere with day-to-day activities, it’s time to see a doctor. Overwhelming worry is a symptom of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The March issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers the symptoms of GAD and treatment options.
With generalized anxiety disorder, shedding worries is difficult, even when the worry is [...]
Depression often linked with pain
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Like the famous question, “Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?” both depression and pain can be the other’s cause or effect. While depression can generate and amplify pain due to an imbalance in neurotransmitters, extended pain, in turn, can cause a person to become depressed.
Over 75 percent of patients with depression complain [...]
Cymbalta Shows Long-Term Safety & Effectiveness for Fibromyalgia
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Data presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine 25th Annual Meeting show that Cymbalta (duloxetine) maintains safety and effectiveness as a fibromyalgia treatment for at least 1 year. That was according to 2 double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials.
Patients in both studies reported significant improvement in multiple fibromyalgia symptoms. The most common side effects were [...]
Duloxetine significantly reduced osteoarthritis knee pain in new study
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Patients on treatment also experienced improved physical functioning
In a new study, duloxetine hydrochloride (Cymbalta®), administered at 60 mg to 120 mg taken once daily, reduced pain severity significantly, compared with placebo, in patients with osteoarthritis pain of the knee. Data from the 13-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial 1 were presented at the annual meeting [...]
Popular Antidepressants: How They Stack Up
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Researchers Rank 12 Common Antidepressants on Efficacy, Acceptability
To rate the 12 antidepressants studied, researchers used two separate measures. The first was efficacy — or how likely patients were to experience the desired effects of the drug. The second was acceptability — the likelihood that a patient would continue using a drug for the duration of [...]
Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Understanding Depression and antidepressant medications
Source: dddnews.com
Approximately 121 million people are affected by depression worldwide, which causes the illness to be the leading cause of disability, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
“In my experience as a practicing psychiatrist, I’ve seen that many people with depression don’t realize that they have the condition or that it’s [...]
