Cymbalta Withdrawal Coverup Lawsuits

http://fedupwithfatigue.com/traditional-medicine/cymbalta/cymbalta-withdrawal-lawsuit/
Hi Peers
I found this in my research in social media and felt strongly that it should be shared, everywhere. Please do your own homework but don't disregard.
I have been dealing with constant pain, doctor visits, and therapy for my PTSD from car accident two years ago two days ago. Despite this, my advocate blog for fibro is taking off, I have had four social media articles published on fibro and various topics. I am quietly and gently creating art for the Christmas season as well.
Hoping the best and gentlest holiday occurs for you all

Hi Tango
I definetly was not suggesting peers should not use it. I know it really helps some of us. And that, is as
Awesome. I just got very concerned about the intensity and amount of problems with stopping it. Made me angry that Eli skewed their research facts; not cool! Big Pharma strikes again
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Thats smart, Magnesium. I do the same thing. There are medications I won't take because I'm not willing to take the risk and have found other things that work. We have to be our own advocates.

Sherrine

Lucinda, a lot of people can't even tell you what medication that are taking! That's frightening. They will know what store is having sales on what products but don't bother educating themselves as to what they put in their bodies.

Most of our members are quite knowledgeable about their medications and this is a great place to share the good and the bad. I thank you for this thread because people need to know.

Did you know the FDA is considering a black box warning on PPI's since they can contribute to osteoporosis? Now that was an eye opener for me and I discovered it on the FDA site when checking out Prilosec AFTER I developed osteoporosis. I should have checked first. UGH!

Sherrine

Lucinda,

What lawsuit are you referring to with regards to Cymbalta? I have been on it for 9 years...20mg. That's it. Supposedly a non-therapeutic level. When I tried to get off 5 years ago I had a psychotic break which almost killed me. It destroyed my health. This drug is killing people as are other SSRIs and SSNIs...I had to go back on to function. My MD was totally clueless.

Michgirl81

Hi, everyone. Long time, no see. :)

michgirl81, here's a website devoted to helping people (with their doctor's help) get off medications (Sherrine, please feel free to pin this if you think it will help anyone):

http://www.benzo.org.uk/index.htm

Myself 09, I went off Ambien cold turkey in 2009. I slept about 2 hours total for the next three days. It is NOT recommended to do this, but I was tired of dealing with the side effects. My sleep doctor said I'd never be able to get off it completely unless he put me in an intensive inpatient setting. I guess I showed him. I didn't have any horrible side effects except for not sleeping.

I was taking Xanax for anxiety (1 mg three times a day) at the time, and I decided to take it at night after I quit the Ambien, because just the thought of not being able to sleep was making me anxious. It worked well. However, now I want to get off of it. It is suggested by this website to switch to Valium first, and then gradually decrease the dosage of it instead of trying to decrease the dosage of Xanax. There's a reason why, but I can't remember it. I'm down to 1 mg a day, but it's the last milligram I'm having problems with.

I have successfully gone from 20 mg 2-3 x a day of Oxycodone down to 5 mg one time a day and hope to be off it soon and only use it prn when I overdo things. For some reason (knock on wood), I'm doing a little better now. I'm not going to question it. :) I do have to recuperate several days after I do too much. No good fun goes unpunished. I'm not "normal" in any sense of the word, but better than I have been for a long, long time.

Oh me, tramadol, gabapentin, cymbalta, Percocet, I have them all. But only left over Percocet since they don't give that now and tramadol. I use them if I'm having one of my semi BAD days. On my BAD day? I made the mistake of telling my primary care doc death would be a relief. Trying to describe the pain. She had me see Psycological doctor, and he helped me, diagnosed PTSD in me from Vietnam. Anyway, y'all are right about us being our own best doctor. Within reason of course. I always like to say, hey, we're gonna make it, but sometimes I wonder about myself. I'll hang in.

all meds are trial and error. and i have been on the med merry go round. why you are all believing your dr's? they all get visited by the pharmacy reps. talk with your pharmacist. i get told straight up about what to avoid and what will work well within my circumstances. a healthy relationship with ya pharmacist will save you ongoing cruelty. sadly a lot of meds are used for various things, alike cymbalta, with depressive disorsers and pain. and lamotrogine for seizures which is receiving good efficacy for mania, in my country, and the list goes on. weaning off 1200mg a day of seroquel took me over a year, it was hell, cruel, no sleep, climbed the walls, drove me shrink nuts, but no law suits here. just a turtle passing by. cymbalta, yes, a bit of a hard wean, but nothing like seroquel, largactil and lamotrogine. just my 2 cents.

countingstarsx---I too stopped taking valium cold turkey when I was young and had no withdrawal symptoms. Thirty five years later, after taking half the dose I took the first time, I suffered horribly, and that was with a long taper. There's something called the "kindling effect" which happens after people go on and off this class of drug more than once.

I received some kind of notification from a group of lawyers who wanted me to join a class action lawsuit over Lexapro. While some people are able to stop these drugs with no issues, or switch to another one in the same class smoothly, it's estimated that 35% of us will experience painful and and sometimes lingering withdrawal. These drug companies have an obligation to warn patients of the possibilities.

Donna