cymbalta for arthritis pain

I have arthritis pain in many joints of my body, my feet especially. Is there anyone out there with the same issue, and is so, what have you taken to relieve the discomfort?

The treatment of arthritis has come a long way. You really should try again with a good rheumatologist. There are disease modifying drugs as well as immune suppressants that can be used to control and stop deterioration of the joints. It is common to get fibromyalgia in addition to arthritis so it is very possible you have both. While none of these are curable they can be controlled. It may take some trial and error to get the right mix of drugs.

Now if I had to chose between Vicodin and Voltaren for the kind of pain I am in with my facet arthritis- hands down I would chose the Voltaren. And I am not going to take some "Crazy med" for pain that truly exists. That's the last time I will let a doctor put my on psych pills. I spent a whole week on the toilet- no thank you. And when I told her about it, she said she'd never heard of it before. Yeah right. And she had her little med assistants calling Cymbalta pain pills.

I experience pain caused by ao old back injury and arthritis. I just stopped taking Cymbalta which caused unpleasant side effects plus intense withdrawals. I was looking for an alternative and discovered Lyrica, but then I saw the warning about addictive behavior. I don't want anything that will cause that feeling to return ever again. Are there any fellow addicts out there who have had experience with Lyrica?

I have been in pain for years. No one could seem to find out what was wrong. I would have bad chest pains,like a cramp. I get cramps or tiwttes all over my body. I found out I have fibromyalgia. The Dr put me on cymbalta 60 mg. I went back and told him I was still hurting and felt drepress more, crying. He upped the cymbalta to 120 mg a day. I fell sad and dont feel like my self. I am still hurting but not as bad. Can someone help me please!

One of the main ones is Duloxetine, which is a generic for Cymbalta. I take that for my neuropathy… It helps considerably, but doesn’t eliminate the pain. If you look it up, Cymbalta (Duloxetine) is listed as an anti-depressant, but it’s used “off label” quite often for pain. Check with your doctor and see if that might be possibility for you.

hi sarah, i haven't taken cymbalta, but i have also read some rather negative stories about the weaning off process as well. on the other hand, i have also read other accounts of it being very effective for neuropathic pain. it's so hard to say what will happen. are you particularly sensitive to medication in general? i know i am, so i chose to avoid cymbalta.

My question is... everyone i talk to says that cymbalta will also help with the pain i have in my spine from herniated disc and arthritis and bone spurs. I dont know that Im depressed, I am just a panic in public and with sudden noises and movement puts me over the edge. Is it true about cymbalta? And does either give you weight gain?

For muscle spasms, rapid heart rate, low dose aspirin, Tramadol for pain, etc. I also have arthritis, degenerative disk disease, type 2 diabetes, as well as fibro. You can ask your doctor for something to help with the fatigue. Good luck.

Oh, it'll help alright but you'll have a hard time getting off or you may choose to never get off. I was changed from Zoloft after taking it for 10 yrs to Cymbalta for aches and pains (I'm 63) and arthritis. It helped but I tried to get off and felt like a steamroller ran over me until I told doctor after a mo and he put me back on it and the aches stopped.

Hi I was diagnosed with FMS about 3 months ago. I have been in pain for as long as I can remember. I was diagnosed with Juvenile rheumetoid arthritis when i was maybe 10 and I'm now 39. Any way on with my question. The dr. put me on 30mg Cymbalta. I took it for 6-8wks with not much relief. However, it did make me more forgetful, clumsy, tired, etc. When I went back to dr with this info. they increased it to 60 mg and added ultram. It just made me more forgetful, clumsy and tired.

Cymbalta worked for me for over 2 years with no noticeable side effects. I think it's a good drug.

I asked to switch to Cymbalta due to arthritis pain. Thought it would work for both anxiety and pain. It worked for pain but not anxiety. Switched back to paxil and all the pain came back. Now I wonder if I can take cymbalta and paxil but have not asked dr. yet. Does anyone know?

Hi all, Hope everyone had a Merry Chrismas? I would like to post a question...I am going to my MD today due to my severe knee and feet pain...I want to discus taking either Cymbalta or Lyrica for the horrible pain I've been in which was ONE of the reasons I took pain meds and became and addict from... Now Im waling much more frequently and maintaining my Yoga but the pain has increased causing me to loose ALLOT of sleep which makes me very irritable....

Cymbalta actually worked for me after I had a major back surgery...i had alot of nerve damage in my sciatic and the cymbalta helped me while they were doing procedures to ease the nerve pain such as epidurals and rfas...however getting off of it was not the easiest thing I ever had to do...my dr lowered the dose and got me off of it safely but I was still going through some moderate withdrawals like shaking and nausea but they only lasted a few weeks and I was fine afterward...

I use Cymbalta for abdomen, neck and hand pain and Fibromyalgia. It does a good job for me. There are some unpleasant side effects such as nausea and being light headed upon standing being the worst for me. I tried Neurontin and Lyrica. I couldn't take the side effects from either of those two. I've experienced life without Cymbalta. Without it my pains levels are considerably higher. My mood is much better on it.

In 2008 pain began on my left knee with tingling following it. Since then, I have seen my PCP several times for complaints of tingling all over body inclding my head. This would happen for a week and then go away. Now I have had the same feeling but worse. My joints hurt, when I say joints I mean my knees, wrists, hips, ribs, spine, elbows, eyes, head and ankles. They hurt constantly all day and has become a nuisance in my everyday life.

Thanks for asking. Yes I do have Arthritis. My rheumy thinks I might have RA even though I tested negative. I do have Fibro. My sed rate is still very high and I have anemia. Joint stiffness in morning and in various joints. Hands and wrists hurts as well as shoulders and lower back.

I have RA, too, and I know what you mean about longing to enjoy things and be pain free. We all hope for remission and in the mean time have to find a way to come to terms with our pain and limitations. There are a lot of different drugs out there to help with pain and inflammation and it sounds to me like you need to ask your doctor about exploring them. Have you ever taken DMARDs such as plaquenil or rheumatrex, NSAIDs like relafen or mobic, other biologics like remicade or orencia?

taking tramadol (Ultram) is not recommended with Cymbalta. Tramadol never worked for my pain, even in the early stages. The only pain med that cuts the pain at all for me is Lortab (hydrocodone), but most doctors fear abuse so much lately, that I can hardly find anyone to write for it. I am 39yrs old and have been taking this med for 8yrs now, but I take it only when I cannot handle the extreme pain b/c of the fact that it is so addictive. My pain never quits, but neither do I right now.

I've had increasing hand pain, it started with my left thumb and now it's all of both hands over the last few weeks. I'm only 35 and my thyroid is enlarged and I might have hashimotos but it hasn't been confirmed yet. I feel like I have fluid in all of the joints in my hands and now they are starting to ache constantly. Could this be caused by my thyroid because I'm getting really worried that it could be rheumatoid arthritis - autoimmune disease run in my family.

I was at one point in so much pain it was thought I had rheumatoid arthritis, it turned out it was the HCV causing me pain

I take cymbalta for the pain in my hips. I find it works relatively well.

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