Friday, May 1, 2009

Duloxetine in fibromyalgia: rejection. Marketing authorization rejected and rightly so.

Prescrire Int. 2009 Feb;18(99):14.LinkOut

Duloxetine in fibromyalgia: rejection. Marketing authorization rejected and rightly so.

[No authors listed]

The European marketing authorization committee has ruled against the utilisation of duloxetine (Cymbalta) in the treatment of diffuse idiopathic polyalgic syndrome, alias fibromyalgia. A coherent position, given this psychotropic drug's unfavourable risk-benefit balance.

PMID: 19388210 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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