About Milnacinpran "new" fibro drug waiting for approval from FDA

I have been in a clinical trial for this drug and has helped me manage my fibro a with NO MANIA.  I am very pleased with the results!!!

if I'm gonna get my energy back, get rid of a little more of the pain, and NOT put on weight, heck, I'm all for tryin' this one!

After taking Lyrica and gaining 60 pounds in 4 months, I will never again take a drug without doing my own research. I appreciate posts like this, it makes it easier for all of us to consider the information available. (Now I know where to look for clinincal trial info, too!)

Any new medication that works is always super but to have them combine more antidepressants that may cause another mental condition is not acceptable.  Looks to me like "some one" still thinks fibro is all still "in our heads".

D Marker, Newaygo, MI

I have been taking this drug since November 19, 2007.  This drug has given me back my life!  I was having such chronic fatigue I would feel that I was going to fall out of the chair I was sitting in, let alone make it to a bed to spend hours flat on my back.  I had such overall muscle pain that I could not stand one wrinkle underneath me, it felt as if a boulder was rubbing against my body.  The longer I am on this drug the better I am doing. And I was having paranoia and seeing black "smoke" in front of my eyes constantly.  The black "smoke" was checked out by an opthamologist and there was nothing wrong with my vision, it was coming from my brain.  There are always side effects to any drug and each person's body is different and reacts differently to various chemicals both from medications and from our own bodies.  I was one of the rare women who developed migraines when I was pregnant (25 and 22 yrs ago) and as soon as I gave birth, got rid of the hormones pumping through my body, I never had migraines again.  All life is a challenge.  I may develop side effects if I am one milnacipran for years, anything is a possibility.  What I do know is right now I have my life back again.  I still have minor chronic pain issues but on a scale of 1 to 10 the worst it gets now is a 3.  I take each day as it comes, I have faith in God (you may call it Allah, Yahweh, Buddha, or a Higher Power) and I am so much happier you cannot believe it.  Is my lkife perfect, not by a long shot, but is it better, YOU BET!

Milnacipran is sold in Europe under than names Dalcipran and Ixel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milnacipran

http://www.antiaging-systems.com/a2z/milnacipran.htm

http://www.labelmesane.com/dalcipran_withdrawal.html

http://cadth.ca/media/pdf/E0057_Milnacipran%20for%20Fibromyalgia_cetap_e.pdf

http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Serotonin-norepinephrine_reuptake_inhibitor

Thats just some of the research any of us should be doing before even thinking about taking the 'cure all'- 'wonder drug'.  I hate to say it but we all know there is no such thing......maybe someday, maybe this is it.  But remember before you put anything in your body find out about it first.

Be Well

C