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Neuropathy | Last Active: Apr 25 10:43pm | Replies (5972)

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I also tried gabapentin and lyrica (both of them useless and with too many side effects and then had doctors (post op) and hospital staff insisting on heavy opioids. I am convinced that these lab-made chemical medications did me no good at all. Now I rely on things like Penetrex, Hemp oil, CBD ointment, and other 'natural' remedies and the pain in my feet and legs is gone and so are all those side-effects. I still have the numbness and cannot feel heat or cold and have difficulty maintaining balance, but the deep ache, the sudden stabbing pains, and the pins and needles have either been muted to the point they can be ignored or are gone completely. I am fed up with the medical profession pushing big pharma on us.

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Agree with you on the medical profession pushing drugs and using their prescription pads as weapons of harm...they just prescribe as this is how they are trained...healthy alternative insurance will not cover and I had better get down from my soapbox.

I agree that the medical professionals are too quick to prescribe opiods, which are dangerous and to be avoided at all costs.
But, then I must admit that my polyneuropathy's symptoms are more instability and weakness and less pain. I am both sad to hear so many people have a neuropathy but heartened to hear that I am not alone. Thank you for sharing.