Hi. You posted to the Pain Management forum but somehow it ended up in the Hep C forum. You might want to try a repost to that group you might get more responses although rtjrevie's seems pretty good. All the best.
Hello, I am currently on Cymbalta for issues with L5S1 and have a lot of pain. I started it about 3 months ago. Although it is an SSRI (helps with depression and anxiety) , they say it also helps with low back pain. The first month I started it, I really thought I felt a difference. The pain was not completely gone, but it had let up. Now that I have been on it for 3 months I kind of feel like I hit a plateau and can't really tell if it is helping or not (for the pain). It did help with my anxiety though. I have never been diagnosed with anxiety, although I know I have always had it, but felt I could keep it under control. Now that I have been in a lot of pain, it has increased. The Cymbalta seems to help that. As far as side effects, I haven't noticed many. I was told to take it at night, because some people get tired from it. It worked opposite for me and I was up all night. Now I take it in the morning, and do not have any problems (I am usually sensitive to meds) It is very expensive too. I would try it and see how it works. If you don't like it, you can always change it to something else. Good luck, and hope this helped a little.