Here is a site that might be helpful. http://www.medicinenet.com/drug_induced_liver_disease/page8.htm...
Hey Okie, I would get a new doctor right away and don't go to a primary care (PC) doc in the box. Get a referral if you can from your PC doc to a reputable gastrointerologist (GI) and get a CT scan....
Here is another one to check out...coming off this stuff is hell. http://cymbaltasurvivors.com/index.php?PHPSESSid=bfpoqtlp0k4fvluqt2vi92ph36 ;...
evidence of chronic liver disease. Prior to approval, and as described in PRECAUTIONS of the previous package insert, it was known that use of duloxetine was associated with mild to moderate and...
You are welcome!...
Your prayers answered your grace. It was my pleasure to pray for you. Pull up the main for me will ya mate!...
Hang in Mr. E! Thanks! How long since dx on liver....
Sounds good...stay in touch. I know you will see one from me like that so glad u r good. Watch out when you come off that drug...indagododavita baby!...
Hi David...great comment. I don't want to talk about alcohol on here. That is in the past. If I talk a drink now I will likely vomit or much worse. I had some tea with too much caffine in it and I...
Hey Tort, Here is my advice: 1. If you haven't recently gone to a GI/liver guy, I would go get it checked. Be sure to get a CT scan too because blood tests can miss it. My liver enzymes were only...
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/default.htm www.lilly.com Lilly Research Laboratories A Division of Eli Lilly and Company Lilly Corporate...
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/default.htm www.lilly.com I had to edit out the body of the message as that is copywrite infringement....
I did an AA meeting online the other night on a chat...Maybe you could do that here?...
Okay...going to UCSF today to get my Holter monitor off. Going to try to whack at the bushes and see if someone can get me some help. Thanks Z!...
Hey Mama...thanks for the info. I'll take UCSF anyday. You just have to want to get better but I would suggest that people read "On Death and Dying" by E. Kuber Ross. That might help you understand...
Z...I am venting. I am doing all the things you say...going to UCSF. I think I offended the drunks amoung us. I am one too so I am not sure why you are bothered by me holding the system accountable....
http://www.steadyhealth.com/Increased_alcohol_use_on_Cymbalta_t81623.html ...
Oh and Z, I was prescribed the drug in 2009, AFTER the docs were told not to prescribe. Whats a liver worth z? Ill take the depression vs ded liver. Now i have both. How a out a lil compassion bro....
Thx C&Z I disagree with z. This is you black and white aa thinking comig out. Read aa material. Just because i drank (9/22/11 stop) doesnt relieve docs/drug companies from making good decisions. As...
Hi Connie...thanks. I found out that Lilly issued a post-market "Dear Doctor" letter on Cymbalta. It said not to give the drug to someone like me. So I agree, I most likely did much damage to myself....
I have end stage liver failure and was a drinker for most of my life since the age of 17. In 2005 I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and quit drinking for a year . The psychologist who dx'd me...
Angie, Thanks for sharing. I guess they best advice it sounds like is to start as early as possible to deal with this. Unfortunately, unless there is some major symptom other than a belly, I think...
Sailseeker you've gotta drop the sheets and tac the other way man. I had the come to Jesus talk with my doc in 2010 and he missed my alcoholic hepatitis. He told me I had a liver injury and that I...
The Psych that gave me the Cymbalta gave it to me knowing I had been diagnosed with Acites. The Cymbalta killed my liver...it was already compromised from my lifestyle and age. FDA already is...
Oh yes in the US. But she is an East Indian...Hindu. Graduate of UC Davis...
The worst part was she just told me to stop taking Cymbalta. I looked at her with some kind of look and said that I can't without hospitalization according to UCSF. She told me I need serious psyco...
I have end stage liver failure and was a drinker for most of my life since the age of 17. In 2005 I was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and quit drinking for a year. The psychologist who dx'd me...
Hello Survival - I have bi-polar II depression (dx'd 2005) and found that I felt much better after realizing that many people struggle with depression - strange as that sounds. Even many many more...
Thanks Emma...I hope I am as fortunate....
Yeah...you both are right. I am going to try to get a GI or hepatologist appt at UCSF asap. I am losing weight pretty quickly now and my appetitite is nil. I have had acites before....
Hello...Mr. B again...today is better and I hope it is for you too. How involved in directing your care is your GI? Mine sent me home from the hospital and said see you in a year unless anything else...
Hello all, I am a 54 year old diagnosed with Bi-Polar II in 2006 after a business failure. I lost a significant part of who I thought I was in that process and also discovered that I have a condition...
Beautiful story...thanks Angie. It helped....
Thank you Arneeb. Today is a lot of emotional pain. I will read it again in the morning. Mr.B...
Thank you David. Some leftover part what's left of my humanity that wasn't squished by the cynics in childhood just sighed a decrepit wail....
Thanks for the feedback. My name is Brian. I was diagnosed in July of 2010 with acites and cirrhosis. I was 52. My PC doc sent me to a GI and he told me that I probably had scaring and varicies by...
I was diagnosed in 2007 with bipolar II. Not sure I believe the whole bipolar thing but it sure gives someone a good excuse to find that you are just not fit for "prime time"....
My spouse (wife age 53) says that she can't take care of me (alcoholic cirrhosis and diabetes) and do a full time career position as my disease progresses. What is surprising is how quickly she is...
How many people on this site have ESLD and/or Transplant? (Corrected spelling in title)...
chris - thanks for sharing your situation. I don't know all the facts here but you are clearly in a delicate place. Focus on your need to get help and to understand your hurt. It may not be as bad as...
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Hey all: Think I figured out what my stomach problem was. I ate a few breath mints and drank a diet coke. Any feedback? (other than that was stupid!) /community/emoticons/turn.gif...
Thanks for the responses David and Connie. My body is changing so quickly. Not sure what to make of it all except that I feel scared and without direction. I am not in a formal treatment program...
I was diagnosed with ESLD in Sept of 2011. For the first time today, I have severe stomach cramping after eating a light chicken pizza. Also, I have had episodes of diarehha without warning resulting...