At first there were many people on Cymbalta....but quickly the side effects became noticeable to many. They tried to discontinue and it was not easy for them. There are many accounts on YouTube and on the net about discontinuance problems with this drug.

But there are some who claim to do well with it, at least in the beginning. Now that it is available generically the visits by the reps will be gone, and much incentive lost to give it. (no more $$ for calling doctor colleagues, no more text books, no more free lunches, etc, and no more "toys".
Lilly has always maintained an aggressive sales force... so much of the success I believe is due to that.
Cafepharma is a good resource to read where the reps talk about their jobs:
http://cafepharma.com/boards/forums/eli-lilly.25/

There are some trolls there, but many of the posts I find interesting. Back in my day Lilly reps and others were always either doctors or pharmacists. Now NONE of them are. In fact I knew a PharmD at work who applied and wasn't even given an interview. They only hire basically business grads these days.
Now why is that some may ask? Hint== The Lilly board at Cafepharma has nicknamed their own company as WeLie Lilly!

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/...ts-withdrawal/

Cymbalta had a death in the clinical trials. And it is the only antidepressant with liver damage as a serious possibility today.

This is an FDA document from 2009....
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Advisor.../UCM172866.pdf

More secrets about Cymbalta:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health...g_secrets.html