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AXON THERAPY
Has anyone had the new Axon therapy for p/n and back problem its fairly new for the VA just starting to take hold ,also starting in the private sector,It has about 85% success rate.I am trying to find good place to get it done.I think if your not a vet,I think Medicare will cover it,but not 100% sure. The Axon therapy is 6 treatment at 13.5 min per sessions. Just google for your self to find more accurate info for axon.I sure hope this is our answer to rid us of all this pain
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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%
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1 ReactionMostly 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.
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1 ReactionI 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
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1 ReactionAlways 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.