Cymbalta for Fibromyalgia

Well, it's official. Cymbalta has been approved as a treatment for fibromyalgia. For years now doctors have been prescribing Cymbalta off-label for fibro sufferers, but now the FDA is officially recognizing this medication as an aid to treating the misery of fibro pain.

Because the cause of fibromyalgia is a mystery, it has been difficult for patients to even have their illness recognized, let alone find a helpful treatment. However, as awareness increases more research is being done. This means that more treatments have the potential to be discovered.

Experts are not sure why Cymbalta helps some sufferers, but it is thought to be due to the way the medication increases the activity of serotonin and norepinophrine. These brain chemicals are believed to play an important part in the way the body suppresses pain.

Approximately five million people in the U.S. suffer from fibromyalgia. While Cymbalta won't work for everyone, at least it is another possible option.

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