Posted by crazy777girl on October 5, 2006, at 23:50:29
In reply to EMSAM and painful neck, posted by teddi52 on October 2, 2006, at 17:09:49
Greetings, I am also Bipolar, major depressive, treatment resistant. I discontinued EMSAM specifically due to neck pain & swelling.
I had a posting up months ago when I first started treatment, asking this same question. At the time, I guess I was one of the 1st users, no one but me had experienced this side effect, so it was not initially connected with the patch.
My doc could actually feel the lump, I had an x-ray, and an ultrasound, but they showed nothing & it promptly went away when I decided to remove the patch.
I started the patch again later, next pdoc appt -at an even higher dose. Everyone agreed it was unrelated. The neck pain returned almost immediately - I made the connection, and never put another patch on again.
Hope that helps. It's a new drug. Not all side effects are going to be evident in the trials. Best wishes.
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> I have been on EMSAM for 4 weeks now. 1 week at the 12 mg does (two patches a day). On the 6 mg dose I had stiff and sore neck, but thought I might be able to tolerate it. After uping the dosage, the pain became unbearable. I have cervical dystonia (a movement disorder which includes pain, but was controlled with botox injections). I have now gone of the EMSAM because of the pain. I did notice a little improvement in my social phobia, but not much in depression. My question is this: since EMSAM increases dopamine does anyone know if this is what caused my neck pain. I was on mirapex in the past and the same thing happened. Mirapex also increases dopamine. I asked my neuro but he said the dopamine would not be causing the pain. I had such high hopes for this medicine as I have Bipolar II with bad depression. If anyone has any helpful information I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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