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Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 20, 2021 | Replies (28)

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Hello @dutchman09, welcome to Connect. I have idiopathic small fiber peripheral neuropathy in both feet and slightly above the ankles. I'm fortunate in that I only have numbness and some tingling as symptoms. I don't have any pain with it. In looking for "fixes" for my neuropathy I tried a lot of topicals and a few devices with little success. What I did learn is that there are a lot of companies and others making a lot of money off of people with neuropathy symptoms. I purchased a Zopec DT-1200 Electrotherapy system which claimed it helped neuropathy and had lots of good testimonials but it didn't work for me. I have heard of the Rebuilder but think it's just another one of those things (IMHO). I did find an article talking about it:

Recognizing Dubious Health Devices
-- https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/recognizing-dubious-health-devices/

I try to do research on any new treatments for myself before making any decisions. Here are a few of the sites I use:

Quazar's guidance about avoiding scams and snake oil cures
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-to-avoid-quacks-and-snake-oil-treatments/

FDA's Health Fraud Page
-- https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm539101.htm

NIH's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) which offers guidance about integrative health and how to evaluate it.
-- https://nccih.nih.gov/health/decisions

I'm also a big believer in not taking statins because I have neuropathy and statins can cause neuropathy.

The implications of statin induced peripheral neuropathy
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103035/

Statin Neuropathy Masquerading as Diabetic Autoimmune Polyneuropathy
-- http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/28/8/2082.1

Medication Induced Neuropathy
-- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11910-003-0043-8

@dutchman09, do you have any other symptoms of neuropathy other than your left foot? Mine did start in the toes but on both feet.

John

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Hi very interesting information. Have you tried low level laser 650nw? I found it nearly eliminated the numbness from my feet and toes in only 2 weeks.