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Has anyone found a treatment that helps with peripheral neuropathy?

Posted by bigjohnscho @bigjohnscho, Jul 1, 2025

I suspect that everyone on this forum has been searching for a medication that helps their neuropathy and even though you no that all the internet claims are false we continue to waste hundreds of pounds. Desperation is a powerful force. Has any one been fortunate enough to find a genuine treatment. I just can’t believe that there are so many awful people who prey on our vulnerability and knowingly orchestrate such elaborate scams.

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jamessaxo | @jamessaxo | Jun 21 3:41pm

Neuropathy is demyelination of nerves. Vitamin B12 renews nerve myelin, that's their protective coat. Just eat plenty of B12 rich food like liver and mussels . if you don't like them take METHYLCOBALAMIN. That's vitamin B12. Sadly ,alcohol stops absorbtion.

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John, N.B., Canada | @johnnysneakers | Jun 21 10:10pm
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I don't know if red light therapy works but a friend of mine claims it helped him. His mom used it for another problem and said it didn't help her.
I'm not sure whether her son just thought it helped or if it actually did help, but even if it was psychological it still worth it. Someone here on connect once paid $8000 for some type of device and claimed at work and I asked my doctors about it. Both of them said that it couldn't have worked so who knows maybe it was psychological, but it was still worth the $8000 if it got rid of her pain or even if she only thought it got rid of it according to my doctors.
Take care,
Jake

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John, N.B., Canada | @johnnysneakers | Jun 21 10:11pm

Pregabalin 50 mg or higher works for me.

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jillyj | @jillyj | Jun 22 5:19am
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Pregabalin 50 mg or higher works for me.

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jillyj | @jillyj | Jun 22 5:20am

Doesn't Pregabalin cause excessive weight gain?

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John, N.B., Canada | @johnnysneakers | Jun 22 4:31pm

Not aware of that. ..Have not noticed it (my weight is stable) but I could lose a few.

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John, N.B., Canada | @johnnysneakers | Jun 22 4:33pm

Che ked it out,weight can is more common with doses of 300+mg per day.

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jamessaxo | @jamessaxo | Jun 22 6:00pm
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Pregabalin 50 mg or higher works for me.

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Pregalamin is only a pain killer. You just need to get B12 . That's plenty of liver and or mussels. Or if they are yucky the take B12 supplement called METHYLCOBALAMIN

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jbowens7 | @jbowens7 | Jun 22 7:57pm

I take a B12 injection once monthly. Is that enough? Also I eat sugar. I a pre-diabetic with a Hgb A1C of 5.9. Could the sugar be affecting my feet?

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chandria40 | @chandria40 | Jun 22 8:19pm
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I am a patient, not a Dr. I understand, no cure for PN. However story doesn't end there. CET treatments exist to reduce the pain. CET may not cure the underlying cause of PN, but CET treatment helped me to generate some new nerve growth which helps in reducing some of the pain while enabling mobility. I walk and drive better. I am doing much much better which improves my life now. Only time, my diet, and exercise will determine blood sugar levels and if/when it gets worse again. Maybe in the future a underlying cure will be found. Until then treatment that helps to reverse or slow nerve damage to any extent is good for me. Medicare covered my CET treatment. I see it as a way to see relief, better then just masking pain.

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Where can one get CET treatment?

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