Does anyone who has been banded take cymbalta? If so, how do you take it whole, or open it and sprinkled on applesauce, etc.?

Thanks,

Alice

how many milligrams are you taking. are they the little white/blue pills? i was just banded on the 14th of January and have no trouble. i just take one at a time.

Hi Dolly,

Yes, they are the blue/white capsules 30 mg. Do you have to drink something hot like coffee or tea when you take them? I heard drinking something hot opens up the band.

Thanks for the info.

Alice

Is cymbalta like Prozac? Better or worse for treatment of depression?

Yes, it is an anti-depressant. It's newer and also works on aches and pain in your body associated with depression. Also for me it hasn't made me eat everything in sight like other anti-depressants.

i havent had to take anything hot. i drink them with water one at a time. remember they are time release capsules so dont open them up. learned the hard way they dont dissolve very well in water it takes a really long time and they are hard to bust up hope this helps

I take Cymbalta and the pharmacist said you cannot open up the capsules. I have no problem in taking them even though my band is pretty tight right now.

I take Cymbalta 60mg capsule and have no problems but I was just banded on 1/3/08 and have no fill yet. But yes they should not be opened.

Hi there - I am on Cymbalta too, 60mg.j THEY CAN BE OPENED. All the capsule does is dissolve in your stomach anyway. It is NO different if you open it. All I do, is open up the capsul, put the granules on the back of my tongue and take a drink of juice. I cannot taste it at all! My doc said not to take the pill. I think I could without a problem - but I didn't want to try it.

My doc said to take my effexor time-released capsules, opened, with jello after surgery.