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Specific ALA Recommendations Needed
Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 25 5:27pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
My neurologist recommended (1) 600 mg ALA per day... not sure if time of day is important or with?without food. My symptoms are so severe in my feet Im not sure if I could feel any benefit. My best OTC product is CBD/THC cream to settle the nerve agitation. Hope this helps.
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I have had pheripheral neuropathy for over 30 years but it was diagnosed as gout. Around 4 years ago, after excrutiating pain, I was sent to a rheumatologist who after extensive testing said it wasn't gout and I had never had gout but I better see a neurologist ASAP.
The neurologist put me on Pure Encapsulations (PE) ALA and I take 600 mg 3 times a day. I had an amazing improvement - still numbness but no burning and awful pain. Then two months ago, the pain and burning came back and nothing seemed to help.
Then I realized the burning began when I swiched my multi-vitiamin (PE) Nutrient 950 with Vitamin K because it was out of stock everywhere to PE O.N.E Multivitamin. In going over my papers on neuropathy, there was an article that it was important to get enough B1 to help ALA and other supplements do their work. I checked the amount of B1 in each. My original one had 50 mg and the substitute only had 3 mgs. I immediately took (PE) B-Complex Plus which had 100 mg's in B1 and in 2 days the horrible pain and burning was gone and fortunately Nutrient PE 950 with K is now available again.
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I also have severe neuropathy like you in both my feet.
Can’t even stand on them at times without wobbling, and they hurt me every day.
Please let us know if the ALA helps you if you take it.
Thanks!