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Anyone go to a Mayo Clinic for neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 14 7:30pm | Replies (75)

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Yes I went to the main campus of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota years ago. I have Idiopathic Small Fiber Neuropathy and was diagnosed over 6 years ago. I spent a week at Mayo and underwent exhaustive testing. I basically had about a 1% chance they would find a cause but they didn’t. I have also been elsewhere as well. ISFN is a frustrating diagnosis. I retired from the pharmaceutical industry and I can tell you there is nothing of any significance in research that will soon be approved by the FDA. There is one interesting drug called Engensis that is in Phase III trials, but the company that owns the compound will not respond to any inquiries from patients whatsoever. All drugs out there now they use are to treat symptoms and not the cause. If they do find a treatable cause, consider yourself extremely lucky! My trip to Mayo just confirmed what I already knew.

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My experience was pretty much the same after 20+ years of living with numbness that started in my toes and finally deciding to see a Rochester Mayo neurologist for a diagnosis which was idiopathic small fiber PN. That's what brought me to Connect where I started my journey on learning as much as I can about my condition and what possible treatments are available. I wish the research focus was on healing/repairing the damaged nerves vs treating the symptoms. Just my two cents.

This is right on target! The next question should be WHY? Anyway what do you use to help with the symptoms?