Posted by yxibow on October 29, 2008, at 0:17:01
In reply to I think ...., posted by maxime on October 27, 2008, at 18:56:33
> Now that I think of it, maybe I was never on just 30 mg. Maybe it's been 60 mg all along. I've only had one prescription with lots of repeats on it ... maybe they misread the prescription. It doesn't make sense that the pills would be the same colour.
Some doctors start Cymbalta right away at 60mg -- I don't know the wisdom of that or not. If one is conservative they'll probably go 20, 30, 60.
Lilly doesn't really think there is a difference between 60 and 120mg of the drug, but then again when I was on it I was up to 80 and eventually 120. Of course the insurance wasn't paying past 60 if I recall.
A single 120mg dose isn't going to affect you, but if you're really concerned and you can't remember what you were prescribed from the beginning and now, I would page your doctor if possible and explain the situation.
That's the only rational thing I think.
None of us can play doctor on your medication regime, that's not fair or correct.
And yes, I did what the other poster did and looked up the images, they're definitely different. Its usually a standard to be different in both colour (although batches vary, I've seen that olive green not quite the same on the 20s I think) so medication mixups do not happen. Including generics. As well as whatever ridiculous name they come up for a drug, they sometimes are rejected by the FDA because they're too close to another agent.
-- best wishes
Jay
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