I hope some will find this helpful.

The article is a bit misleading this will be the first time it has been approved in US.

It has however been used in other countries under the name milnacipran as an anti-depressent.

The drug company couldn't make money off it as an anti-depressent because there were so many already on the market in the US.

But they found away to make money off it now by marketing it to people with fibromyalgia.

I wouldn't get to excited as it has been around as an anti-depressent in other countries and I have not heard any of these countries using it to treat fibromyalgia.

Hi Maryca,
I don't know about you, but I get to the point that I am willing to try anything to make me feel better.

I know it was in other countries before, and I was wondering if you had tried it. Or if you knew of someone who had tried it.

I haven't been feeling too bad lately, but I do remember about 4 months ago, I had been feeling so rotten, that if I looked like I felt, I would look like road-kill. It had just kept getting worse and worse until I could not move, much less work. I was stuck in my room. I have been on short-term for 4 months now and I do not feel as bad as I did in those day. But if I ever get like that again, I will certainly try this drug. I did read that it works on your brain on your seritonin (sp?), etc. But I would certainly try it. Any relief is welcome.

I honestly don't know if I would try it. There have been times I said I would try any thing to feel better but some of the side effects I've had to deal with from meds make me a little more cautious. It is suggested by some that when a new med is released it is best to wait five years before trying it because by then Most the harmful side effects should be known.

I wouldn't want to discourage any one from using it but I think it is something they should research first.

And I do feel like it is just the drug companies way of making money off of us.

I am currently on Cymbalta and Lyrica which works well for me. However, there are some things about this new drug that sound a little better. I will ask my practitioner about it at my next appointment.

i want to try it, it sound like it might knock your socks off, but i don't care at this point, i am so sick of the pain meds, that don't work all that well, and i refuse to take higher doses, because i do not want to be an opiate tolerate patient, then you are in big trouble. when that happens.