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How do you manage neuropathy and loss of balance and walking ability?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 22, 2025 | Replies (286)Comment receiving replies
I also use a walker at home, as well as a cane when at work. I have already had a very serious fall about a year ago, so I am very careful when I walk. My husband is a great help for support, but I feel very helpless and guilty for him having to do so much for me. I have always been so independent all my life, so this has caused me a lot of depression. To think that in this day and age that there is no hope, no cure, and that it will only get worse as time goes by, is hard to accept.
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There is hope as far as pain medication. Suzetrigine was recently approved for acute post op pain and it seems only a matter of time until it is approved for neuropathies. It is the first non opiate to hit the market in over 20 years. Suzetrigine works directly to block certain sodium channels in the peripheral nerves, bypassing the central nervous system. A smaller company did the heavy lifting on this research and larger drug companies are sure to follow with their own cocktail based on sodium channels blocking. Maybe drug companies are starting to realize that there is a very large market out there for treating PN.