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I’m in Texas! Any suggestions on how to find a knowledgeable doctor? My new dermatologist asked right away if I have problems with my cervical spine. I had an MRI on Friday, but haven’t heard the results. I’m taking Gabapentin & it seems to help. I’m still having burning after my nightly shower. I think that I have dry skin, but putting lotion on my upper arms starts the burning. My legs haven’t been a problem for for 4 months! When the burning gets too uncomfortable, I take a sleeping pill! Is Lyftogy the Injection?

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I don't know if you saw my post about using CBD cream. I have had NO itching and have slept thru the night now with no medication for 3 days. Prior to that I have only been using 1 zyrtek in the morning and Benadryl at night. But most nights I would wake up and have to apply ice. Sadly after reading the posts, I don't think I have the right docs either. No one has asked if I had any cervical issues and that seems to be a common issue with this as well.

Yes Lyftogt is the doctor from New Zealand who came up with the peri neural injection treatments. He now trains doctors to learn how to do this. There are now about 2,000 doctors world-wide that have been trained. Google his name and there you will find the list of trained physicians. From there you will need to ask around or call directly and inquire about his/her years of experience, the cost, etc. Usually I talk with a nurse that works with the doc or someone on the staff. I have been able to determine rather quickly if want to go to that office, based upon those initial conversations.

Also I use a specially compounded cream from a pharmacy, a script provided by a doctor, for evenings. It has gabapentin, amitryptaline and lidocaine in a lipoderm base. It works very well but it expensive. If you google on you tube for the "itch" doctor, you can find an excellent presentation from November 2018 by a very experienced MD dermatologist named Gil Yosipovitch, MD, who talks about treatments for neurogenic itch and he talks about this cream, only he uses ketamine instead of gabapentin. (NOTE: My first script had the ketamine, but I talked with the doc and pharmacist to lower the cost by trying it with gabapentin. Works just as well for me.(