Q. Do you have any information on the effect of Cymbalta on glaucoma? My doctor said that there was none, so I ordered $450 worth of Cymbalta. Three weeks later, my glaucoma pressure has increased 30 percent!
A. There is a clear warning in the prescribing information for duloxetine (Cymbalta) that it can worsen narrow-angle glaucoma. It should not be given to people whose glaucoma is uncontrolled and should be used only with great caution by those with controlled narrow-angle glaucoma.
Cymbalta is approved to help ease depression, anxiety, peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia and chronic musculoskeletal pain. There are other medications that could be used for these conditions.
You may want to check the official prescribing information yourself before you accept any other medications. It is available for most drugs at DailyMed.nlm.nih.gov.
