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Article: Group (Public Citizen) Recommends Cymbalta Should Not Be Used Due To Risks, Minimal Benefits


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#1 FiveNotions

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Posted 28 June 2014 - 10:32 AM

http://www.aboutlaws...-be-used-28248/

Oct. 2012

From the article: The prominent consumer group Public Citizen indicates that the antidepressant Cymbalta should not be taken for any of the approved uses, as there no evidence that the benefits outweigh the risk of serious and potentially life-threatening side effects associated with the medication.

In the June 2012 issue of the group’s Worst Pills, Best Pills Newsletter, Public Citizen classified Cymbalta as a “Do Not Use” medication.

While the group previously concluded that Cymbalta should not be used for major depressive disorder (MDD), it now indicates that it should not be used for treatment of any form of depression, as well as all other uses for which it has been approved by the FDA, such as generalized anxiety or any form of pain, including fibromyalgia.

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Posted 28 June 2014 - 11:45 AM

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Do you have a link to their list of do not take medicines?  I would sure like to have that for future use.


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Posted 28 June 2014 - 12:07 PM



Public Citizen website
http://www.citizen.o...ge.aspx?pid=183

Public Citizen's "Worst Pills, Best Pills" web page, with links to the list and other resources
http://www.citizen.o...ect.cfm?ID=7086

The "Worst Pills, Best Pills" full newsletter appears to be published monthly, by subscription only....but I'm thinking the $20 or so might be money well spent....
http://www.citizen.o...ect.cfm?ID=6145

They've made the 2002 full list freely available, as a "sample" of what the subscription would provide....
http://www.citizen.o...t.cfm?ID=6164#C

I did a site search for "duloxetine" and retrieved these two items:

http://www.citizen.o...s/HL_200811.pdf

I also did a site search for "Cymbalta".... here's a link to the results page, which has links to several items mentioning the poison...

http://www.citizen.o...3306&q=cymbalta

http://www.citizen.o...e.aspx?pid=6294

And, a site search for "ssri" yielded a page with these items, each of which is separately linked...
http://www.citizen.o...pid=3306&q=ssri

Search results for "discontinuation syndrome"
http://www.citizen.o...discontinuation syndrome

"Serotonin syndrome" search results...
http://www.citizen.o...306&q=serotonin syndrome

Site search for "Xanax" ... results page, with links..
http://www.citizen.o...id=3306&q=xanax

Benzo search results page...
http://www.citizen.o...&start=0&num=10

Clonidine search results page...
http://www.citizen.o...306&q=clonidine



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