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This review suggests that Milnapricin in different. It is called an anti-depressant but it has (like some other anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs) effects on other than depression. Milnapricin, for instance, is now prescribed for the pain in FM. But what about energy? This review suggests that it may be helpful in treating fatigue.
Unfortunately they screwed up in the end of the paper lumping in FM with other psychiatric disorders:

Still it's interesting how drugs like this seem to affect many different symptoms. They are more than just 'anti-depressants'. Anyone tried milnapricin?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19620845?ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Milnacipran is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) with negligible effects on any presynaptic or postsynaptic receptors. Milnacipran has unique pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics that distinguish it from the other marketed serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, venlafaxine, desvenlafaxine, and duloxetine
Moreover, evidence suggests that milnacipran is effective and tolerable in the treatment of fibromyalgia and may have usefulness for fatigue and anxiety symptoms.
Unfortunately they screwed up in the end of the paper lumping in FM with other psychiatric disorders:
The current paper reviews researches conducted to date that is relevant to the efficacy, tolerability, and mechanism of action of milnacipran in the treatment of depression, fibromyalgia, and other psychiatric syndromes.
Still it's interesting how drugs like this seem to affect many different symptoms. They are more than just 'anti-depressants'. Anyone tried milnapricin?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19620845?ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum