CYMBALTA (duloxetine)

at my 1 year doctor visit I was discussing my lingering leakage issue. I asked if there were any medication that might help. He suggested Cymbalta. He said it had shown some success with incontinence in wemon.  We discussed side effects also. Based on side effects and the fact that I do not want to be on some medication forever I have not been taking it. Has anyone heard of or taken this with any success.

I have been going commando at home on weekends trying to convince my brain that there is no protection down below. When just sitting around or when sleeping I am totally dry anyway so that has been hard to tell if it is going in right direction. When I am active it is a

problem.

Has anyone heard of any studies that show succes after a year with lekage. I know I have pushed this thread but it is a ongoing problem for me.

 

Duloxetine - that is the base name for cymbaltra, from what I read, should not be used for incontinence purposes, it has not been approved for that use, due to some pretty bad side effects including liver damage and sucide attempts.

Folks, don't take it upon yourself to presribe meds, that is the job of doctors. I know how frustrating being wet is and can be, but please don't try to experiment with potentially dangerous drugs.

David in SC

I have been on Cymbalta for several years as an anti-depressant. Any anti-depressant carries some risk if suicidal ideation apparently a greater risk with young people. As far as off label use, it is perfectly legal and medically acceptable for a doctor to make such use of a drug. As long as your doctor is supervising your use this is not a particularly dangerous drug. You should ask about his experience with patients stopping Cymbalta -- for some people the newer antidepressants can be hard to quit.

I don't know about Cymbalta for incontinence -- for the last several months I have been on one light pad a day -- never filled. At home I use none and have almost no leakage. No stress leakage, slight urge leakage. By coincidence I see my doctor on Monday` and I'll ask my doctor if he knows anything about this use.

As promised, I asked my doctor this afternoon about Cymbalta for incontinence. He said that he had not heard of that but that earlier antidepressants did have a relaxing effect on the bladder. He said that this could increase capacity and so might help, but that the main issue was that one might promote incontinence with older patients. He said that off the top of his head he could not see enough chemical similarity to Cymbalta to lead him to guess that it would have the same effect. He ended up suggesting that I Google it (thus is the state of medical research)