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This is the $64,000 question. . .WHY NO MED FOR NEUROPATHY?

Posted by highdesertdweller @highdesertdweller, Sep 6 1:07pm

YES, Capitalized as others have asked this, trumpeted this question before. With: all the money out there, the blockbuster drug potential, Big Pharma money, et al. how can a drug not have been produced that blocks the pain, electrical charge and current, pins/needles effect of neuropathic pain and discomfort?? Something that targets this type of pain and nerve pathway. It's just INCONCEIVABLE. . . . No aspirin, no Advil, no prescription med except off- label Lyrica, Gabapentin, anti-depressants, etc.

SO, DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY MEDICATION IN THE OFFING, NEAR FUTURE??? Is anyone or anyplace working on this??? If for the massive amount of money to be made if nothing else? Do I ask too much?!

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empresskristine | @empresskristine | 7 hours ago
In reply to @plenty55 "I have been on Lyrica/pregabalin for several years. The pain was getting worse and the neurologist..." + (show)
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I have been on Lyrica/pregabalin for several years. The pain was getting worse and the neurologist kept increasing the dosage until I reached 450 mg daily (he said that increasing to 600 mg daily is not going to help the pain). I still have quite a bit of pain: burning and muscle weakness. I also take 600 mg alpha lipoic acid daily. Has anyone experienced this? Either I developed tolerance to the Lyrica or my nerves just keep getting worse and the Lyrica is not effective anymore. I am 79 yo male.

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@plenty55 I don’t know what state you live in but I’m in CT. I sat with a pharmacist at a medical mj dispensary and told them I have “bee sting,” nerve damage from a surgery when I was opened for ALIF fusion. They picked a concentrate that’s in a plastic syringe. (1) rice grain dose in an empty capsule knocked it out completely. Zero side effects except giggling. I use to take (1) capsule BID now it’s every other day. While it great for radiculopathy and stinging, it doesn’t help the cervical myelomalacia I’m also suffering from. I haven’t found anyone to teach me what to expect since the surgery is just slowing progression. I had an awful night last night and it’s wearing me out.
If anyone has this I’d love to learn how you cope. Tizanidine wakes me up exactly 6 hours after taking it so they switched me to Flexoril which doesn’t seem sufficient for these GIANT spasms that consume my shoulders, neck arms and my right bicept is screaming. Thank you. I’m in CT.

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