Neuropathy treatments: How to avoid scams?

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?

@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

If so what sort of results have you had. I believe it is another hoax

@gba I would like to know the supplement for improving urination as well. Thank you in advance.

@johnbishop

Take alpha lipoic acid - buy at a nature food store 600 mg once a day - better if you can take on an empty stomach or if you cant that's okay too - I have the brand Source Naturals - it sure beats gabapentin or Lyrica. Good luck.

@gnocchi Agree with you on effectivness of R-ALA. I take 600 mg per day on empty stomach. I buy it from Nerve Renew. Also take 2 Gabapentin 300 mg per day. In this way, the situation can be managed and escalation avoided!

@antoniodoria How have these two affected your pain. What is it before and after using these two?

@heisenberg34 R-ALA and Gabapentin help me in maintaning the status-quo without increasing pain. The majority of neurologists seem to recommend R-ALA and Gabapentin, but we have to remember that each individual is different and the results can be different. After consultation with your neurologist, you may wish to try both for 1 month and see if they work in your case. Best wishes.

@antoniodoria
I'm just curious.
I've heard other members say that the R-AL A
prevented their neuropathy from progressing.
How do you know it would have progressed?
Jake

@jakedduck1 Interesting question - I've often thought about mine in relation to how it was progressing when I started paying attention back in 2016 and started taking supplements including R-ALA. My only gauge is that it hasn't gotten into my upper legs yet with the same feeling as my feet and toes. I think the only real way to tell is if you have a skin punch biopsy when you are diagnosed and then probably get another one sometime later to actually count the number of dead nerves. I never had one when I was diagnosed by a nerve conduction study along with exam and labs so not sure it would even help me learn if it's progressing now.