Generic Name: Duloxetine Hcl
Brand Name: Duzela
Manufacturer: Sun Pharmaceuticals
Other Brand Names: Cymbalta, Yentreve

Cymbalta (Duloxetine) is in the drug class SSRI. Cymbalta is prescribed for the treatment of depression, generalized anxiety disorder and neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Duloxetine affects neurotransmitters, the chemicals that nerves within the brain make and release in order to communicate with one another. Neurotransmitters either travel across the space between nerves and attach to receptors on the surface of nearby nerves or they attach to receptors on the surface of the nerves that produced them, to be taken up by the nerve and released again. Many experts believe that an imbalance among neurotransmitters is the cause of depression as well as other psychiatric disorders. Serotonin and norepinephrine are two neurotransmitters released by nerves in the brain. Duloxetine works by preventing the reuptake of serotonin and epinephrine by nerves after they have been released.