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Has anyone found a treatment that helps with peripheral neuropathy?
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I think I might’ve already asked this, but since I didn’t get any responses, I’ll ask again!
Has anyone tried the Himalayan pink salt “cure?” I’m on my 2nd day. Not sure how long it’ll take to start to notice any relief, but I’m seeing so many cons about Gabapentin, I’m up for trying anything. Gabapentin or Lyrica never helped anyway so it won’t be a great loss.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on pink salt. Meantime, I’ll keep on this pink salt regimen. It’s cheap and convenient. If I start to notice anything, positive or negative, I’ll be sure to post!
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@wascaly Would you tell me how to use the pink salt, I WOULD LIKE TO TY IY. THANKS
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@wascaly there is no cure unfortunately. All that salt will do is perhaps, raise your blood pressure.
Relief from the pain for me, comes by taking the supplement, ALA. Alpha-Lipoic Acid. It was recommended to me by my neurologist.
I take 600mg twice a day.
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There is no "pink salt cure" for peripheral neuropathy. There is no proof that it is anything more than a waste of time and money. If you are eating it, you are overloading your body with salt, which will increase blood pressure and make neuropathy worse. If you are rubbing it in your feet and hands you are only exfoliating your skin. If you are using it with a warm footbath, then Epson Salt would be less expensive. If you are thinking somehow that the minimal amout of trace minerals will somehow go beyond the skin barrier to get to the nerves, there isn't enough of them in it to make a difference. Some people get more benefit from using a lotion with magnesium. Also try a creme with arnica. Lidocaine is the most commonly used substance, but it is hard to find unscented since most manufacturers want to add menthol to create a pseudo "cooling" effect.
After getting peripheral neuropathy after heavy chemo, seeing different neurologists, researchibg, and trying different things (such as pink sea salt soak, gabapentin mixed with duoxitine, etc., etc.), the best results for me so far are a mix of 1) using lidocaine and arnica creme for the times when nerves misfire and cause pain, 2) compression socks and gloves with they were more numb, 3) vitamin B supplements, and 4) wiggling my toes and fingers while streching and contorting hands and feet so as to get blood circulating and spurring nerves to regrow and rewire. I spend 5 to 10 minutes am and pm. It has noticeably improved over the past 6 months. It takes 1 to 2 years for nerve rewiring to occur. I also started swimming, which seems to help. I also wear scuba foot socks while walking around the pool on my tiptoes (again to stretch, get blood following, and slowing retrain nerve signals). Good luck. There is no quick fix.