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#1 potatoes

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Posted 21 June 2017 - 08:56 PM

Hello everyone,

 

So I ordered a milligram scale so I could begin the process of weaning myself off Cymbalta, but now I'm confused how to do so...

 

My Duloxetine HCL DR 60 MG CAP only weighs 43MG on my scale, which I believe to be accurate since it's brand new and is weighing 10G weights properly. 

 

Any ideas on what to do here? I'd appreciate any help.. thanks everyone.


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Posted 21 June 2017 - 09:45 PM

Hi potatoes, welcome! I have never noticed that before. I don't remember the unit of measure I use with my scale, but this is what I do:

 

1. Make sure you have a brand that has the tiny beads, some 60mg have about 300 balls.

2. Empty, exactly weigh and average 3 capsules. Let's say the average is 43.33MG (based upon your number of 43MG above).

3. You have to decide how fast you are going to wean. I'm weaning 5% every 2 weeks. 

4. Lets say you are removing 5% for 2 weeks. Open a capsule, weigh the contents and only return 95% (41.16MG) of the beads back to the capsule. Don't throw out the 5%, this amount will grow so you can make extra pills for empty capsules you can buy.

5. I make 7 capsules at a time. I stay on the same amount for 2 weeks, and after that I wean down 5% more (so weeks 3 and 4 I take 90% of the 43.33MG). I've been told when I get down to 10 or 20 mg, that 5% will be too big of a wean. If so, I will go down 4, 3 ,2,1 percent until I find what works. 

 

Good luck!


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Posted 21 June 2017 - 11:12 PM

Hi potatoes, welcome! I have never noticed that before. I don't remember the unit of measure I use with my scale, but this is what I do:

 

1. Make sure you have a brand that has the tiny beads, some 60mg have about 300 balls.

2. Empty, exactly weigh and average 3 capsules. Let's say the average is 43.33MG (based upon your number of 43MG above).

3. You have to decide how fast you are going to wean. I'm weaning 5% every 2 weeks. 

4. Lets say you are removing 5% for 2 weeks. Open a capsule, weigh the contents and only return 95% (41.16MG) of the beads back to the capsule. Don't throw out the 5%, this amount will grow so you can make extra pills for empty capsules you can buy.

5. I make 7 capsules at a time. I stay on the same amount for 2 weeks, and after that I wean down 5% more (so weeks 3 and 4 I take 90% of the 43.33MG). I've been told when I get down to 10 or 20 mg, that 5% will be too big of a wean. If so, I will go down 4, 3 ,2,1 percent until I find what works. 

 

Good luck!

 

Thank you for the information, I really appreciate that! I just can't wrap my head around why a 60MG capsule would weigh 43MG.. gives me a bad feeling. 


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Posted 22 June 2017 - 08:19 AM

Something seems very wrong here. According to Eli Lilley a 60 mg Cymbalta tablet contains 67 mg of medicine to allow for what the body does not absorb. The contents of the capsules has to contain over this amount as it also includes the enteric coating and other items.


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Posted 22 June 2017 - 10:06 PM

I'll weigh a 60mg tomorrow and let you know. Should I weigh it in or out of the capsule?


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Posted 23 June 2017 - 08:20 AM

I would weight it out of the capsule. The weight of all those tiny beads should be greater than 67 mg for sure.


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Posted 23 June 2017 - 08:08 PM

Very strange. I'm confused. I don't know the unit of measure so I just wrote down what was on my scale. I weighed the meds w/o the capsules. These 2 brands are both 60mg.   :blink:  :blink:  :blink:

 

Lupin - these are the 12 little pills

.275 g

.0097 oz

4.26 gn

.177 dwt

1.375 ct

.0089 ozt

 

Breckenridge - the little balls

.334 g

.0118 oz

5.16 gn

.215 dwt

1.670 ct

.0107 ozt


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Posted 24 June 2017 - 07:58 PM

.275 g = 275 mg

 

.334 g = 334 mg

 

That is just about right.





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