
Any Contraindications With Cymbalta And Lithium, Lamictal, Levothyroxine, Risperdal, Prempro, Prevacid, And Prevastatin?

Thanks for the query
1. Cymbalta, contains duloxetine, effective for some pain conditions. Also it can treat bipolar disorder if used with mood stabilizer like Lamictal or lithium. But the dose of lamictal need to be kept on the lower side and one has to hike the dose of lamictar slowly.
2. Levothyroxine, Risperdal and prevastatin has no clinical significant interaction
3. Yes, Cymbalta can cause hypomania or mania in some; but the propensity is less than drugs like Imipramine / Fluoxetine etc
4. In short, yes, Cymbalta can be used in this circumstances. However before taking a decision, because you have plethora of medical conditions and you are on multiple medications, you must consult your doctor, discuss these issues with your doctor and then take a decision. Besides that, the dose of lamictal might need to be altered.
Hope this will help. Let me know if you need clarifications.
Regards


Yes, Lamictal 200 mg is a low dose, if your doctor increases the dose of lamictal further, then he would consider a slow hike not a rapid hike of the dose
Because you have diagnosis of fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis and chronic radiculapathy, consulting a rheumatologist is important. As cymbalta helps in cases of fibromyalgia and some pain conditions, you can discuss about it with your rheumatologist.
You must also discuss this issues of cymbalta that we are discussing here with your psychiatrist. This will help your psychiatrist to take a better decision regarding drug selection
Hope this will be of help


If some one who have authentic qualification of a rheumatologist, I would say no need to test whether he is experienced in fibromyalgia. Still, if you are eager to ask, one can ask XXXXXXX do you often see such cases" ?
It is equally important to have faith and confidence in your doctor for your well being
Wish you good health


However there are not many drugs to treat fibromyalgia - to name some alternatives, SSRI group of drugs are sometimes helpful. In some Cymbalta congener drug like Milnacipran are helpful.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need clarifications.
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Good luck

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