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Posted on Sat, 28 Feb 2015
Question: how can I get off Cymbalta. I have been on 30 mg for 19 days and my coordination has degraded badly. Today I opened up a capsule and took 6 pellets. I will see how tomorrow goes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. thank you,My email address is YYYY@YYYY . thank you
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Answered by Dr. Muhammad Ali Rauf (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
gradual tapering at the rate of 10%

Detailed Answer:
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I'm Dr Muhammad Ali Rauf and i'll look into your problem .

I've gone through your query And would try to help you in best possible way. Tapering dose of duloxetine (cymbalta) is a slow process. A conservative taper for Cymbalta, like other psychiatric drugs is to Reduce by 10% per month, calculated on the last dosage. (The amount of the reduction gets progressively smaller). Some patients are added prozac 10mg overlying dose(continue both for one week and then stop( cymbalta). Later prozac can be stopped easily.
I would suggest you to set an appointment with a psychiatrist and discuss this with him. He will then keep a close followup and reduce its dose.

Hope i have answered your query. If you have any followup query then i'll be glad to help. If not then don't forget to close the discussion and rate it.

Wishing you good health.
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Suggest Ways To Wean Off Cymbalta

Brief Answer: gradual tapering at the rate of 10% Detailed Answer: Hello I'm Dr Muhammad Ali Rauf and i'll look into your problem . I've gone through your query And would try to help you in best possible way. Tapering dose of duloxetine (cymbalta) is a slow process. A conservative taper for Cymbalta, like other psychiatric drugs is to Reduce by 10% per month, calculated on the last dosage. (The amount of the reduction gets progressively smaller). Some patients are added prozac 10mg overlying dose(continue both for one week and then stop( cymbalta). Later prozac can be stopped easily. I would suggest you to set an appointment with a psychiatrist and discuss this with him. He will then keep a close followup and reduce its dose. Hope i have answered your query. If you have any followup query then i'll be glad to help. If not then don't forget to close the discussion and rate it. Wishing you good health.