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Originally Posted by debbiehub
Has anyone tried Savella. My PM Doc said it is the new cymbalta..Nothing agrees with my stomach but I will give it a go this weekend...
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My PM put me on it early late last winter. At the time, I was having some full body aches and pains which we thought might be fibromyalgia.
Honestly, it took me a good month to get over severe headaches, nausea and dizziness from the Savella. I did do the titration pack but it was still very rough initially. I stayed on it for about 5 months as it was hard to tell whether it was really working or not but in the end I realized it wasn't as my pain was increasing since it was CRPS, not Fibromyalgia or MPS.
The side effects did all go away for me over time tho so if it works for you, you may want to stick it out a bit and see if you can tolerate it. I had previously tried Lyrica and Cymbalta but found some of the side effects (mostly sexual ones) to be intolerable.
Good luck with it,
Dawn