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Has anyone tried frankincense and myrrh topical oil? I thought I saw it mentioned on the group, and now my Dr. recommended it. when I looked it up on the interned, it said there was no evidence it did anything for pain topically .

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I did 7 years ago, and at the time it didn’t help me. It had a good feeling, but didn’t help my deeper nerve pain from my PN. The only thing that has helped me is Gabapentin, and I’m fortunate it doesn’t cause me drowsiness or any other side effects. It took a few months to get to the right dose and my pain has been consistently tolerable for 7 years if I don’t miss a dose. It also helped me with intolerable cold (and heat) feelings I’d get in my extremities. But many folks here haven’t had the same success with Gabapentin. There’s a lot of trial and error, I hope you find what works for you very soon.

@tgcorin - I did try it, among 25 other things in the past 8 years and it did nothing except take a few dollars from the wallet....quite similar to the other 25 things, a dent in the wallet. But, we all have to try different things just thinking and hoping, hey perhaps this will work. In my opinion, you just have to try it and see....never know! What works for one could help some other person with PN. Since many of us don't know the cause, it is hard to figure out the cure. Ed