Posted by yxibow on January 4, 2006, at 13:45:48
In reply to Re: Success with just Cymbalta pellets? not full d » yxibow, posted by Phillipa on January 3, 2006, at 16:46:32
> Lilly pharmacitacals is the only one with a patent on cymbalta at the time. So there is only one manufacturer til their patent runs out.
Oh I agree... I was referring to blatant patent extenders such as Xanax XR which serve nothing but reducing a few tablets and charging e.g.: Walgreens, 2mg apralozam/day, $17.. Longs Xanax XR 2mg, $302.
But I remember a Thread awhile back that discussed various methods of taking the pellets with food and not chewing them.
That's awfully hard to manage unless you're referring to swallowing applesauce whole, its like mixing it with cake sprinkles.
Evidently the theory is that if not chewed it would still time release.
I'm still not clear on that. The coating on the pellets may or may not be time release. The whole theory is a jacket in a jacket (i.e., the hard gelatin and the softer encrustation surrounding the pellets. And
From what I understand the capsules are a type gelatin.
Almost all capsules are gelatin from what I know.. its the formulation of it that depends. Time release are probably at least double sheets of gelatin. Plasticizers are added to alter time release and formulation.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=609878
I've been emtying out some of them and still can't figure out if my high anxiety and lethargy is the medication or the thought that I'm taking a medication I just don't know. Any thought? I'd really like to be able to concentrate enough to read a book.Well I do believe you have mentioned in the past the hesitancy to take new medications -- that could be part of it. Cymbalta isn't associated with lethargy particularly I think nor weight gain, in fact the opposite, a slight lessening.
You may just be either hypersensitive to any amount of duloxetine or it is possible you're simply concentrating too much on the possible effects of a drug. Also, those kinds of side effects can wear off over time, as you increase your dose, especially lethargy, though it sounds like you're having paradoxical lethargy along with stimulation, which is a little unusual.Its hard to concentrate reading with an anxiety disorder in of itself, I know -- besides my main visual effect problem, I have racing thoughts and general attention deficit which means rereading passages, etc. Magazines are easier. If you're really having trouble reading, maybe have someone read to you for a while, or better yet, buy some books on tape. Just a thought.
If after some weeks you still can't tolerate the Cymbalta, then maybe your system is too sensitive to the NE reuptake. Some just are.
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Jay
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