Neuropathy treatments: How to avoid scams?

Posted by wideawakechas @wideawakechas, Oct 26, 2021

Has anyone heard of or tried a pill treatment called Vita Soothe Pro? Nerve Savior?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Neuropathy Support Group.

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@wideawakechas - I'm with Jake on this product. Have seen too many neuropathy magic pills. There are supplements that can help but you have to do you own research and make sure they are high quality. Here are some good links for guidance when trying to make a decision. I don't trust any product with "secret" ingredients.

Quazar's guidance about avoiding scams and snake oil cures
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-to-avoid-quacks-and-snake-oil-treatments/

FDA's Health Fraud Page
-- https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm539101.htm

NIH's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) which offers guidance about integrative health and how to evaluate it.
-- https://nccih.nih.gov/health/decisions

Here are a few sources of supplements that can help with nerve health:
-- Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy: https://www.foundationforpn.org/therapies/ has a link to a PDF listing many of the supplements for the nervous system here: https://www.foundationforpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Complementary-and-Alternative-Treatments.pdf
-- Management of Nutritional and Toxic Neuropathies: https://neuropathycommons.org/neuropathy/causes-neuropathy/management-nutritional-and-toxic-neuropathies

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Thank you so much for all of the information you provided to all of us. I have had Peripheral Neuropathy since 1996 and my husband has it chemo induced Peripheral Neuropathy since 2024. I have learned how to live with it but I would do anything to find relief for him. He has severe pain in his feet. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Pamela Proffitte

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Thank you so much for all of the information you provided to all of us. I have had Peripheral Neuropathy since 1996 and my husband has it chemo induced Peripheral Neuropathy since 2024. I have learned how to live with it but I would do anything to find relief for him. He has severe pain in his feet. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Pamela Proffitte

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Hello @mummers59, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear that your husband has chemo induced neuropathy and hasn't found much relief. You might want to check out the following discussions to see if something might be helpful for your husband's neuropathy.
-- Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: What helps get rid of it?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/chemotherapy-induced-neuropathy/
-- Neuropathy: Cymbalta helped my husband. What helped you?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-32/
I did a search of Connect and there are also quite a few discussions on "neuropathy foot pain what helps" that might be worth scanning through. Here's the search with the links to the different discussions - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/discussions/.

Is your husband on any treatment or medications for the neuropathy?

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Hello @mummers59, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear that your husband has chemo induced neuropathy and hasn't found much relief. You might want to check out the following discussions to see if something might be helpful for your husband's neuropathy.
-- Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: What helps get rid of it?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/chemotherapy-induced-neuropathy/
-- Neuropathy: Cymbalta helped my husband. What helped you?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/neuropathy-32/
I did a search of Connect and there are also quite a few discussions on "neuropathy foot pain what helps" that might be worth scanning through. Here's the search with the links to the different discussions - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/discussions/.

Is your husband on any treatment or medications for the neuropathy?

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@johnbishop
Thank you so much for the suggestion. I will discuss the Cymbalta for the foot pain with him.
I'll let you know how things turn out.
Pam

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