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Is it safe to take cymbalta and buspar (buspirone) at the same time?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Buspar/Cymbalta: If recommended by your prescribing doctor, at low dosages, and taken separately (such as Buspar (buspirone) in A.M. & Cymbalta in evening). Only concern would be activation effect from increased serotonin.

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Answered 7/30/2020

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