[Kmsw]

After reading several posts of people counting balls in capsules and gradually removing a few each week, I tried to wean myself off 20 mg of Cymbalta and only made a big mess, balls flying everywhere. So I did a little research and discovered that COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES will make the smaller dose pills for you.

Not every pharmacy has a license to do compounding. In NYC, there are only three. For $21 a week, they will make smaller dosage Cymbalta capsules with reductions of 10 percent dosage per week. You do not have to buy pills from them. I am bringing in my 20 mg capsules. The pharmacist checks in with every week to see how you're doing as you're weaning. If 10 percent is too much, he bumps it down to 7 or so. You get the picture.

I'm so glad I discovered this and plan to share this information with my psychiatrist, who told me to take pills every other day (which the compounding pharmacist said was bad advice).

[brooklyngirl]

Amazing! Can you send me the pharmacy information? This sounds like a great way for me to reduce my dosage without the guesswork...hope it is worth the $$$. I am also in NYC.