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Binding Affinities

The in vitro binding affinities of Cymbalta for the neurotransmitter reuptake transporters and receptors in the CNS are listed below.1

Preclinical, or in vitro, data are not necessarily indicative of clinical safety or efficacy in humans.

  • Although the exact mechanisms of the antidepressant, central pain inhibitory, and anxiolytic actions of duloxetine in humans are unknown, these actions are believed to be related to its potentiation of serotonergic and noradrenergic activity in the central nervous system (CNS)2

Reference:

  1. Bymaster FP, et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2001;25(6):871-880.
  2. Cymbalta full Prescribing Information, 2009.

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