Cymbalta (duloxetine) is an antidepressant medication that has also been found to help manage some types of chronic pain, such as the nerve pain from diabetic neuropathy. This isn’t to infer that the chronic pain is in your mind, not at all. What has happened is that the actions of Cymbalta not only are on what causes depression, but may work on what causes chronic pain.
People who live with chronic lower back pain understand all too well what it’s like not to be believed half the time and not to be able to control the pain much of the time. …read more

Cymbalta Reduces Pain and Improves Functioning in Fibromyalgia Patients
INDIANAPOLIS, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cymbalta(R) (duloxetine HCl) for the management of fibromyalgia, a chronic widespread pain disorder, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today. Cymbalta is the first serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor with proven efficacy for reducing pain inpatients with fibromyalgia. The fibromyalgia indication represents thesecond FDA-approved use for Cymbalta for a pain disorder, demonstrating the medication’s analgesic effect.
“The approval of Cymbalta is important because it provides physicians and patients with a new treatment option shown to help reduce pain and improve …read more