Cymbalta side effect: UC

Depression and the digestive system are undoubtedly linked, it's where most of the chemical receptors are that drugs like Cymbalta affect. The thing is, there was already an imbalance to begin with, thus the reason for taking any anti-depressant. The imbalance was corrected by adding a new chemical which keeps the body on a seemingly healthy level but clearly is in no way a cure.

I've been on Cymbalta and am currently on Zoloft. These might contribute to my UC and I'm sure they play some minor role one way or another simply because they're throwing more variables into the mix. However, I've had full genetic work done and it shows I'm at high risk for developing UC and other digestive issues. Seeing as how emotional well-being and digestive well-being are located in the same place within the body, there's probably some overlap there.

So ultimately I don't think anti-depressants contribute any major role to developing UC. Triple cheeseburgers, caffeine and artificial sugars are culprits that should receive far more attention considering they cause bacterial overgrowth which results in the immune response that does all the damage.

i belive this study was made in USA.

what is the rate of UC people from general population? more or less than 0.5 %. because if it's simmilar then what you are trying to say is not statisticaly relevant.

please someone answer my question:

what is the rate of UC people in the general US population?

if this rate is lower than the rate InSoFla reported here, then we can discuss it more.

if it's not then it could be even normal that 0.5 % develop UC during Cymbalta administration - statisticaly can be said that it falls into the normal rate of UC people from the general population.

and second of all - cymbalta is a drug administrated to treat conditions like: depression, chronic fatigue syndrome or abdominal discomfort

all those can be related to UC even before UC was diagnosed...

so - can we clearly say that this drug can induce UC? or we can say that there is a higher change that people with undiagnosed UC condition to be treated with Cymbalta before a official diagnostic? or we can say that 0.5 % from people treated with Cymbalta are within the range of the distribution of this disease into the general population.

the side effects register all problems that occur in patients during their trial on a specific drug.

so it's possible that those people who reported UC to have develop it indepentent to Cymbalta or - if you red my previous post - they ware not diagnosed or in pre-UC stages when they started Cymbalta.

this must be taken into consideration before posting warnings that imply that those who use cymbalta can develop UC.
until there's no statistical evidence, such warnings can make more harm than better. cymbalta is a verry good anti-depressant, also used with success in people with fibromyalgia (wich can be common with people that have UC or CD).

for those who read this thread and need such drug, refusing it after reading this, can impact on their quality of life.

PS
i do not use it, so it's not a personal argument.