AXON THERAPY

I haven't tried Axon therapy but I don't have pain with my neuropathy. @sash, @proteusx, @maintain and others have mentioned Axon therapy in other discussion and may have some information or experience to share.

Not really a review but did read the press release...but only 70 patients participated in the study.

--- Neuralace Medical Announces FDA Clearance of Axon Therapy for Chronic Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/neuralace-medical-announces-fda-clearance-of-axon-therapy-for-chronic-painful-diabetic-neuropathy-302032205.html

The VA is expanding the Axon therapy to more facilities all the time, outside, medical is also expanding ,they are having very good responce from what I hear,If it only help 50% with pain that great news,but 85% I will be getting it done somewhere, the therapy Is not wide spread yet so you will have to check the manufacturer for ther new location,Ther are a lot more using the therapy now from what was initially uesd.If it wasn't decreasing pain with all our vets, they would not be expanding use,If theres anything out there that will help eliminate all the pain on our web site,we need to spread the word,I have used most meds and supp and hundreds of $ for years,I still have the pain, I am in the process of finding my Axon therapy.I will let you know if I am in the 85%

for current locations

Mostly confined to some VA hospitals at present. They have been trying to get the technology covered under Medicare for greater expansion but don't know that that has succeeded as yet. I think the therapy is helpful for pain (itself a great boon) but not for disease modification. "Scrambler therapy" appears to be more widely available with possibly better data in support of its pain-relieving claims. Both seem to have merit. The FDA approved Qutenza, which people widely misunderstand and confuse with very low-dose capsaicin topicals, has shown some disease modifying capability but is only approved for pain relief, particularly in the diabetic foot. Counter-intuitively, Qutenza, due to its unique formulation, actually has fewer side effects than the far weaker over-the-counter capsaicin preparations and is, not surprisingly, far more efficacious. It requires a prescription and doctor-assisted attachment.

I have tried capsaicin and Lidocaine neither help for me.I don't think they really know how to regenerate nerves so as long as you don't have to take pain pills and if something can mask that pain,I am all in on axon,but until I try it to see if it it works for me as advertised. HOPE is all we have.I think this is the best thing since the scrambler at least on paper and word of mouth

Always interested in what may be the best therapy as it seems I may be headed down the same road of PN pain. Often I look up things that people comment on - maybe this will save you the trouble if you wanted more info, too.

AXON Therapy
Uses magnetic pulses to stimulate peripheral nerves. It's a non-invasive, painless treatment that can help with peripheral nerve pain, such as diabetic neuropathy.

TENS
Uses electrical impulses to stimulate sensory neurons and the opiate response. It can help with a variety of pain conditions, including postoperative pain, low back pain, and osteoarthritis pain.

SCRAMBLER therapy
Is an electro-cutaneous treatment. Although people may think of it as being similar to transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy, scrambler therapy is felt to work through a different mechanism. TENS is thought to work through the gateway theory of pain relief, whereby normal touch sensations blocks pain sensations. Scrambler therapy, on the other hand, is proposed to provide normal-self, non-pain electrical information via nerves that have been transmitting chronic pain information. Through a process termed plasticity, this is able to retrain the brain so that it does not ascribe pain to the chronic pain area.

Info from http://www.qutenza.com
QUTENZA® (capsaicin) 8% topical system is indicated in adults for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and for neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) of the feet.

Looking into Focus Ultrasound Therapy, Great results for Parkinson. Trying to find some place that are having trials for Neuropathy.
Check it out, it’s remarkable

Thank you! I live in MI but will travel wherever I have to.

Thank you. I am copying all of these links you provided for alternative treatments.

I have been experiencing Neuropathy for seven years now. It has affected my neck, both shoulders, both arms with tingling feeling down to my hands but most of all my legs, particularly my right leg. For years everything was controlled by physical therapy and epidurals. some epidurals only lasted a few weeks but then when my Dr. gave me another one, I was good to go. To date I've had 11. Things really started hurting, particularly my legs, about three months ago. I also received an added bonus in the form of my scaiatica nerve in my right leg is now also paying me a visit. Combine all this with my balance being fragile, I feel like a mess. As part of my follow up from my last epidural (which hasn't worked out) I was told the practice took delivery of Neuralces' Axon therapy machine. It was on loan for two weeks for the practice to offer free sessions to anyone who wanted to try it. The theory is, from what I understand is they put a 4 X 6 inch pad on the area where you feel the pain and you tell them how intense to set the machine, from 10 to 100. Once you establish your tolerance they hit the button and once every two seconds your nerve is hit with a magnetic impulse. One session is 400 hits. It takes 13 minutes and 20 seconds. The dosage typicially is one session once a day for three days and then one session a week for three weeks. There were six areas on me (shoulders, legs, arms (which included hands). I went almost every day for two weeks and had 3 - 4 sessions each time so I was able to get all six points on my body done. Did it work? Did any of it work! (sigh). After the first couple of days I really had high hopes for this thing but by the end of two weeks my body told me "Nice try but no cigar. Whatever this thing is supposed to do, it's not!" There are 46 of these units around the country. It is FDA approved but doesn't qualify for medicare. That is a deal breaker for me, but then if it did work I would figure out a way to pay for the $150.00 - $250.00 per session per body part - IF IT WORKED. Does anyone have any experience with this thing and how well did it work for you. The whole thing has a little bit of 1950's science fiction movie ambience to it! Look forward to your responses.

Hello @captainmiles,

I combined your discussion with an existing discussion on Axon therapy, you can see that discussion here:

"AXON THERAPY"
- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/axon-therapy/

Here you can meet other members who have talked about Axon therapy.