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Neuropathy: What works and what are scams?
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I think the biggest problem is neuropathy is a symptom of something else and not a disease in and of itself. What works for one person won’t necessarily work for another. My symptoms are caused by inflammation and I seme-successfully controlled the pain with supplements that targeted inflammation, then when that was no longer enough added LDN to the supplements and got another 10 months. Now that combination is not enough (either my body has grown a tolerance to what I am taking or it is progressing) and I am back at the search for relief.
So if you want to try something, ask your doctor about LDN - it worked wonders for me for about a year, and did nothing for my father with type-2 diabetic neuropathy, so your mileage may vary.
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Howdy. I want to thank you for bringing Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) to my attention. I have chronic pain, non-diabetic, caused by treatment for cancer ten years ago. It looks like the LDN dosage is low, 1 mg - 1.5 mg. I am going to talk to my primary care about this.
Did LDN help you sleep better? Did you combine it with physical therapy?
Thanks again for bringing up this topic. Best, CB
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If you want to target inflammation, then stop eating sugar. I have had both knees replaced twice, 2 lumbar surgeries to fuse vertebrae, shoulder surgery, and arthritis from all the sports injuries. Every day I take 2 advil every 4 hours until a month ago I quit sugar to lose weight. Within 2 days I found that I would forget to take the advil because I had no pain reminders and of course I lost 15 pounds in 1 month. My foot numbness is still there! But the pain is less! Like 50% less! Cane sugar is not natural, nor is corn syrup.