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Neuropathy: What works and what are scams?

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I am researching electric stimulation massage, like Nooro, that is supposed to relieve neuropathy foot pain. Has anyone tried this? I have had non-diabetic peripheral in hands and feet for over 30 years and have been on a gabapentin high dose, 3000 mg daily, for 20 years. I don't know what I'd do without it. Yet, I worry about using it forever and would love to be able to walk more than 2 miles and ride a bike. Has anyone tried Nooro, or the like?

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Hello @kjharbert, Welcome to Connect. There are members who have shared their experience with the Nooro device. You might want to scan through the discussions and comments by members on Nooro. Here's a link to the discussions and comments - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/discussions/?search=nooro.

If you haven't already seen it, The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy has some helpful information for those of us with neuropathy:
-- Living Well with Neuropathy: https://www.foundationforpn.org/living-well/
-- Complementary and alternative treatments: https://www.foundationforpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Complementary-and-Alternative-Treatments-Revised-2020-final.-1.pdf

Yes, I tried Nooro. I have little or no pain. Just numbness and tingling and restless and heavy legs. I use a rolling walker for balance. Physical therapy is good for the balance and strengthening the core. Nooro did nothing, I tried Electronic Stimulation- zip. I was given gabapentin, made me dizzy and I really did not have pain. My Ideopathic neuropathy started some years ago while I was still workimg. It was slow at first. That was over 20 years ago. NOw it is up to the knees and starting in the fingers,

I find that electric stimulation is not for me. In fact,the symptom are worse than without this treatments. I started with Senexa treatments that produced a cold/burning feeling on my feet that now gets worse with time. Then there was an implant on each side of my column that was supposed to make the brain to not receive pain impulses and alleviate the pain on the back of my thighs. That also did not work for the numbness and cold/burning and tingling on my feet. So, I am trying the Nooro foot massager and contrary to the makers claims, it has not done anything for me. Hope they reimburse me the cost as promised. Maybe some might benefit from one or all of these devices, I think they are a waste of money.