Duloxetine Add-On to Risperidone for Treatment of Negative Symptoms in Patients with Stable Schizophrenia: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study

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In Summary:

Duloxetine (Cymbalta) as an add-on to risperidone seems to be a tolerable and efficacious treatment for primary negative symptoms of schizophrenia.

Full research paper is available for free on Sci-hub.cc
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I’ll talk about it with my pdoc. He once tried to prescribe me Cymbalta (duloxetine) but I refused. Now I might change my mind after reading this (even though I’m biased against Iranian researchers but that’s another story).

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I take Duloxetine for depression as well as my ap. It does wonders for depression but nothing for negatives.

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I have now been taking duloxetine for the past 7 weeks. Started with 30mg then went up to 60 mg/day. Sadly, nothing has changed as regards my negative symptoms.

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I don’t think there is anything for negativs

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How you know what is the difference between negative symptoms and depression and can you give more details how duloxetine help you what wonders do for depression ?

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There is planty of thing but they work in short term.