Cymbalta??

[texancowgirlali 0]

Does anyone who has been banded take cymbalta? If so, how do you take it whole, or open it and sprinkled on applesauce, etc.?

Thanks,

Alice

[dollyllama 0]

how many milligrams are you taking. are they the little white/blue pills? i was just banded on the 14th of January and have no trouble. i just take one at a time.

[texancowgirlali 0]

Hi Dolly,

Yes, they are the blue/white capsules 30 mg. Do you have to drink something hot like coffee or tea when you take them? I heard drinking something hot opens up the band.

Thanks for the info.

Alice

[ronwifey 0]

Is cymbalta like Prozac? Better or worse for treatment of depression?

[texancowgirlali 0]

Yes, it is an anti-depressant. It's newer and also works on aches and pain in your body associated with depression. Also for me it hasn't made me eat everything in sight like other anti-depressants.

[dollyllama 0]

i havent had to take anything hot. i drink them with Water one at a time. remember they are time release capsules so dont open them up. learned the hard way they dont dissolve very well in water it takes a really long time and they are hard to bust up hope this helps

[crazy4jags 0]

I take Cymbalta and the pharmacist said you cannot open up the capsules. I have no problem in taking them even though my band is pretty tight right now.

[LindaJ. 0]

I take Cymbalta 60mg capsule and have no problems but I was just banded on 1/3/08 and have no fill yet. But yes they should not be opened.

[Sunshine08 0]

Hi there - I am on Cymbalta too, 60mg.j THEY CAN BE OPENED. All the capsule does is dissolve in your stomach anyway. It is NO different if you open it. All I do, is open up the capsul, put the granules on the back of my tongue and take a drink of juice. I cannot taste it at all! My doc said not to take the pill. I think I could without a problem - but I didn't want to try it.

[deneicy 0]

My doc said to take my effexor time-released capsules, opened, with Jello after surgery.