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Has anyone been prescribed EB-N5?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Jun 9 9:30am | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
I’m new here. Have had neuropathy in my feet for over a decade. Not diabetic but overweight. I take pain meds. They are like gold to me. Guess I should be researching their long term use side effects. I saw your comment on this medical food drug. I want to know what’s wrong with “medical food”? Wouldn’t that be wonderful if it was nutritious and helpful without being a pharmaceutical drug? And while I’m trying to understand all you said I want to say I did read that high doses of B12 can be bad for kidneys
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Welcome @dfm, You are definitely not alone and have a lot of company with those of us dealing with neuropathy symptoms for over a decade. Many of us have been dealing with neuropathy for multiple decades. Research and learning about your condition is one of the best things you can do to advocate for your health and learning what treatment options may help with your neuropathy symptoms.
The origin of the term medical food is kind of interesting and sheds the light on why/how it was coined.
"The term “medical food” was coined in the Orphan Drug Amendments of 1988 (Act 21 U.S.C. 260ee (b)(3)), and was exempted from nutrition labeling, health claim and nutrient disclosure, which are required for other foods in the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 [8]."
--- Medical foods in USA at a glance: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772566922000039.
What type of pain meds are you taking that help?