Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An antidepressant drug, C20H24N5O4, that inhibits neuronal reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine, given in the form of its hydrochloride.

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  • noun medicine An SNRI (Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor) drug used to treat depression, anxiety, and sometimes pain or urinary incontinence.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps alteration of dual (from its being a dual serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) + (flu)oxetine.]

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  • But Lilly's fibromyalgia-fighting drug, Cymbalta (duloxetine) -- its second best seller after Zyprexa -- is anything but normal.

    It's the Cymbalta Stupid 2009

  • Antidepressant duloxetine considered 'approvable' by FDA.

    The FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonks - Part I 2008

  • Antidepressant duloxetine considered 'approvable' by FDA.

    Glaxo Fights Against Public Paxil Trials 2008

  • But Eli Lilly & Co. 's Cymbalta (duloxetine) seemed cursed from the start.

    FDA Regulation Hurts Worse than Depression says Cymbalta maker Eli Lilly 2007

  • Regulators Approve Cymbalta® For Treatment Of Generalised Anxiety Disorder -- "The approval is based on the results of three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies in which the safety and efficacy of duloxetine in the treatment of GAD was studied in more than 800 non-depressed adults."

    Speedlinking 2/27/06 William Harryman 2007

  • The researchers combined data from seven studies that randomly assigned patients to receive Eli Lilly's drug Cymbalta, known generically as duloxetine, other antidepressants, or a drug-free pill for two months.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Lilly already had exclusive rights to duloxetine in the U.S.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • The company signed an agreement with its partner, Boehringer Ingelheim, to terminate the existing arrangement and re-acquire the exclusive rights to develop and market duloxetine for all indications in countries outside the U.S. and

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • Lilly already had exclusive rights to duloxetine in the U.S.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

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