Have dealt with peripheral neuropathy ever since two bouts with cancer--radiation with both, and chemo with one. Gabapentin does nothing; a therapist agreed that the only thing to do is just keep moving--and so I do. No cure--no meds that help.
Yes, advocate. I am a retired nurse, similarly. Had neuropathy when I retired, visited the large city medical University Center, not impressed(with a nurses background), knew the routine. I was not going to take NSAID's to make the physician happy(and research knows what high dose NSAID's can do to kidney's(over looked by care giver). Yes, there is plenty of science based reseach daily, science based food medicine and biotech. advances. All physicians are not generic, but they are taxed with either the motive in that profession(if solely for money), a disaster. Or taxed with paperwork. I used turmeric for two years, and ready to visit Mayo, but symptoms (neuropathy) subsided. 10 years later, since trip from Holy Land, some type of dizziness. Again, a science based research trail. First to define what type of dizziness(many generic physicians want to say vertigo and go through some simple action). There are folks out there with passion for science, passion for patient and passion for science based neurological treatments. Also relied on an overseas spiritual support group, in the Philippines, which help allay the neurological changes. Yes, holistic advocate, science, spirit and a new day. JIM>>>>
hi, everyone not really sure how this works but I have foot drop and sever neuropathy and have been on heavy pain meds since Sept. of 08 Morp hine 60 mg 4 times per day dialuad 2mg 2 times per day and tramadol. I have been to many pain doctors and my last pain doctor fired me accusing me of using a paper script that I never received. A long story anyway a got a detective involved and he got the picture of the woman that was trying to fill my scripts. So, I went through withdrawals for about a week. It took me a couple of day to figure out why I was so sick. So, I finally found one doctor out of my plan that would take me and he has put me on Suboxone. Has anyone ever heard of that for chronic pain? It is supposed to be for people that have been on Heroin and they give them that drug to help them come down. I was on it for about a month and went back and told him it was not working and please give me some Hydrocodone and he told me the pain would be worse and he was right. So, now as of 2 days of ago I am on Suboxone again. I ask him how long it would take for me to fill better and he told me it could take up to 6 months. I have this cream that I started putting on my feet and I think that it is really working and my feet do feel better, but I am really concerned about the 6 months. But at this point I really do not have any other options. I might have one other doctor i could go to but if he would not give me any opiods I would be shit out of luck. Excuse my language. I am so frustared at this point. So, I have been looking around about surgeries for neuropathy. Has anyone ever had that done. I do not know if that would even work on me since I have Foot Drop. And of course I waited to long to have something done about my Foot Drop because I did not know someone could do something about thanks to my neurologist. Anyway I guess my main 2 questions
: Does anyone know about Suboxone?
And has anyone done anything for ther neuropathy? Surgeries or something called the Scrambler at John Hopkins?
Thanks for input .
hi, everyone not really sure how this works but I have foot drop and sever neuropathy and have been on heavy pain meds since Sept. of 08 Morp hine 60 mg 4 times per day dialuad 2mg 2 times per day and tramadol. I have been to many pain doctors and my last pain doctor fired me accusing me of using a paper script that I never received. A long story anyway a got a detective involved and he got the picture of the woman that was trying to fill my scripts. So, I went through withdrawals for about a week. It took me a couple of day to figure out why I was so sick. So, I finally found one doctor out of my plan that would take me and he has put me on Suboxone. Has anyone ever heard of that for chronic pain? It is supposed to be for people that have been on Heroin and they give them that drug to help them come down. I was on it for about a month and went back and told him it was not working and please give me some Hydrocodone and he told me the pain would be worse and he was right. So, now as of 2 days of ago I am on Suboxone again. I ask him how long it would take for me to fill better and he told me it could take up to 6 months. I have this cream that I started putting on my feet and I think that it is really working and my feet do feel better, but I am really concerned about the 6 months. But at this point I really do not have any other options. I might have one other doctor i could go to but if he would not give me any opiods I would be shit out of luck. Excuse my language. I am so frustared at this point. So, I have been looking around about surgeries for neuropathy. Has anyone ever had that done. I do not know if that would even work on me since I have Foot Drop. And of course I waited to long to have something done about my Foot Drop because I did not know someone could do something about thanks to my neurologist. Anyway I guess my main 2 questions
: Does anyone know about Suboxone?
And has anyone done anything for ther neuropathy? Surgeries or something called the Scrambler at John Hopkins?
Thanks for input .
Hello @mikween, thank you for staring your story and frustrating with neuropathy pain. It sounds like you were on quite the regiment of pain medications. I had to be on high doses of dilaudid after I had my ankle fused and experienced a week long period of withdrawals when I weened off it as well. At first, I didn't understand that it was withdrawal either, it was a weird feeling.
I would like to invite @coolrufus and @mskay to share their experiences with suboxone.
As you may have noticed, I moved your discussion to the Brain & Nervous System group and combined your post with an existing discussion taking place on Neuropathy pain, specifically peripheral neuropathy. I did this so you could meet the other members talking about the symptoms and experiences that are similar to yours. If you are replying by email, I suggest clicking on the VIEW & REPLY button so that you are brought to the full discussion. Then you can read through the other members posts about neuropathy pain.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER HAD THE SURGERY FOR PERIPAL NEUROPATHY? And if you have has it worked? I have an appt. May 12th with a doctor for a consult to see if I would be candidate? It might not even work for me since I have foot drop or maybe because it has been to long. Back in Sept. Of 08. I inhaled Carbon Monoxide on my boyfriends boat sitting down in the cabin Indian style fir about a day at least. That is how this horrible journey of neuropathy and foot drop began. Of course years later I found out that my foot drop could have been corrected within the first couple of years that I had it. But my neurologist just told me if it did not come back in a couple of years it would never come back. Told me nothing about these surgeries that were out there. One day I was done research and found out it could be done. I am currently still working with one doc, but I am sure I am way out of the time frame. Thanks to the doc... If anyone knows anything good for chronic pain for neuropathy please let me know. As I said earlier I am on Suboxone after being on opioids for many years. I just ordered some cream called lidocaine from Amazon that I read is good. I have been doing so much research myself... I also read about lidocaine injections.. Has anyone ever heard of that?
1. I am using Gabapentin,300 mg, twice daily, for jabbing/pins and needles. Some people are using 900 or more daily. My cold feet are probably from nerve damage and reduced circulation.
My neuropathy is from diabetes.
2. Two other persons at my senior residence use Lyrica with much success.Their neuropathy is not from diabetes. Some neuoropathy is just idiopathic (no known source) and possibly genetic.
3. Lidocaine is a pain reliever I believe.
On previous blogs I mentioned Ketamine as a possible pain reliever, even by itself.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER HAD THE SURGERY FOR PERIPAL NEUROPATHY? And if you have has it worked? I have an appt. May 12th with a doctor for a consult to see if I would be candidate? It might not even work for me since I have foot drop or maybe because it has been to long. Back in Sept. Of 08. I inhaled Carbon Monoxide on my boyfriends boat sitting down in the cabin Indian style fir about a day at least. That is how this horrible journey of neuropathy and foot drop began. Of course years later I found out that my foot drop could have been corrected within the first couple of years that I had it. But my neurologist just told me if it did not come back in a couple of years it would never come back. Told me nothing about these surgeries that were out there. One day I was done research and found out it could be done. I am currently still working with one doc, but I am sure I am way out of the time frame. Thanks to the doc... If anyone knows anything good for chronic pain for neuropathy please let me know. As I said earlier I am on Suboxone after being on opioids for many years. I just ordered some cream called lidocaine from Amazon that I read is good. I have been doing so much research myself... I also read about lidocaine injections.. Has anyone ever heard of that?
Hello @mikween, I have not heard of a surgery specifically for peripheral neuropathy. I've done a lot of research this past year looking for answers myself although I do not have the chronic pain that you have. Do you mean foot drop surgery? Have you thought about getting a second opinion? I'm not a medical professional and have no medical background but I definitely would want a second opinion. Also, I would have a very frank discussion with the doctor about the associated risks and outcomes for a surgery.
Here is a link to a Google Scholar site search for foot drop surgery - http://bit.ly/2pVuJUr that might give you some more information if foot drop surgery is what you are looking at.
1. I am using Gabapentin,300 mg, twice daily, for jabbing/pins and needles. Some people are using 900 or more daily. My cold feet are probably from nerve damage and reduced circulation.
My neuropathy is from diabetes.
2. Two other persons at my senior residence use Lyrica with much success.Their neuropathy is not from diabetes. Some neuoropathy is just idiopathic (no known source) and possibly genetic.
3. Lidocaine is a pain reliever I believe.
On previous blogs I mentioned Ketamine as a possible pain reliever, even by itself.
I have written before about the nine prescriptions I have used, acupuncture,deep massage and creams....to no avail. Now I am getting certified for the use of cannabis. In Minnesota a doctor must certify you and there is no one in the town where I live that will do that. I am in the process of finding someone in a larger metropolitan area. Then I will use a pharmacist run clinic in Hibbing to obtain the oil I need. There has been some research done with peripheral neuropathy and cannabis relief. Has anyone experienced this relief???
1. I am using Gabapentin,300 mg, twice daily, for jabbing/pins and needles. Some people are using 900 or more daily. My cold feet are probably from nerve damage and reduced circulation.
My neuropathy is from diabetes.
2. Two other persons at my senior residence use Lyrica with much success.Their neuropathy is not from diabetes. Some neuoropathy is just idiopathic (no known source) and possibly genetic.
3. Lidocaine is a pain reliever I believe.
On previous blogs I mentioned Ketamine as a possible pain reliever, even by itself.
Hello @fonda, I belong to the Minnesota Neuropathy Association and we have monthly meetings most months. We have a board member who has benefited from medical cannabis. We had a meeting back on March 25 where we had a guest speaker come and talk to us about the use of medical cannabis for chronic pain. More information about that meeting can be found here - http://mayocl.in/2qpMzOZ.
Hoping you hear from others that have tried it. I only have the numbness associated with my peripheral neuropathy so I'm fortunate that I don't have the pain.
Hope others that have tried it will share their experience. I have to believe it would be better than the pain drugs and their associated side effects.
ANYONE THAT HAS NEUROPATHY PLEASE GO TO THIS LINK http://WWW.SILVESTERFOOTCLINIC.COM and then HOW WE CAN HELP, and then NERVE PAIN and read that page, and then scroll down and click on the link neuropathy. And you will see the different options he has available for people including the surgery that I mentioned the other day that no one had ever heard of. I am very excited. My appt. is May 16th. I will let you guys know how it goes. Wish me luck.... It all sounds really great. I hope you guys get this. I have tried typing this about 4 times and something keeps happening and throwing me out.
@mskay I HEARD THAT YOU HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF SUBOXONE. THE DOCTOR JUST PUT ME ON IT FOR CHRONIC PAIN. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT REALLY WORKS FOR THAT. HOPEFULLY I WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE AFTER I GO TO THIS FOOT DOCOTOR ON MAY 16TH. BUT BEFORE THAT I WAS ON HEAVY MEDS SINCE SEPT. OF 08. SO IT HAS BEEN A BIG CHANGE TO SAY THE LEAST.
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Yes, advocate. I am a retired nurse, similarly. Had neuropathy when I retired, visited the large city medical University Center, not impressed(with a nurses background), knew the routine. I was not going to take NSAID's to make the physician happy(and research knows what high dose NSAID's can do to kidney's(over looked by care giver). Yes, there is plenty of science based reseach daily, science based food medicine and biotech. advances. All physicians are not generic, but they are taxed with either the motive in that profession(if solely for money), a disaster. Or taxed with paperwork. I used turmeric for two years, and ready to visit Mayo, but symptoms (neuropathy) subsided. 10 years later, since trip from Holy Land, some type of dizziness. Again, a science based research trail. First to define what type of dizziness(many generic physicians want to say vertigo and go through some simple action). There are folks out there with passion for science, passion for patient and passion for science based neurological treatments. Also relied on an overseas spiritual support group, in the Philippines, which help allay the neurological changes. Yes, holistic advocate, science, spirit and a new day. JIM>>>>
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1 Reactionhi, everyone not really sure how this works but I have foot drop and sever neuropathy and have been on heavy pain meds since Sept. of 08 Morp hine 60 mg 4 times per day dialuad 2mg 2 times per day and tramadol. I have been to many pain doctors and my last pain doctor fired me accusing me of using a paper script that I never received. A long story anyway a got a detective involved and he got the picture of the woman that was trying to fill my scripts. So, I went through withdrawals for about a week. It took me a couple of day to figure out why I was so sick. So, I finally found one doctor out of my plan that would take me and he has put me on Suboxone. Has anyone ever heard of that for chronic pain? It is supposed to be for people that have been on Heroin and they give them that drug to help them come down. I was on it for about a month and went back and told him it was not working and please give me some Hydrocodone and he told me the pain would be worse and he was right. So, now as of 2 days of ago I am on Suboxone again. I ask him how long it would take for me to fill better and he told me it could take up to 6 months. I have this cream that I started putting on my feet and I think that it is really working and my feet do feel better, but I am really concerned about the 6 months. But at this point I really do not have any other options. I might have one other doctor i could go to but if he would not give me any opiods I would be shit out of luck. Excuse my language. I am so frustared at this point. So, I have been looking around about surgeries for neuropathy. Has anyone ever had that done. I do not know if that would even work on me since I have Foot Drop. And of course I waited to long to have something done about my Foot Drop because I did not know someone could do something about thanks to my neurologist. Anyway I guess my main 2 questions
: Does anyone know about Suboxone?
And has anyone done anything for ther neuropathy? Surgeries or something called the Scrambler at John Hopkins?
Thanks for input .
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1 ReactionHello @mikween, thank you for staring your story and frustrating with neuropathy pain. It sounds like you were on quite the regiment of pain medications. I had to be on high doses of dilaudid after I had my ankle fused and experienced a week long period of withdrawals when I weened off it as well. At first, I didn't understand that it was withdrawal either, it was a weird feeling.
I would like to invite @coolrufus and @mskay to share their experiences with suboxone.
As you may have noticed, I moved your discussion to the Brain & Nervous System group and combined your post with an existing discussion taking place on Neuropathy pain, specifically peripheral neuropathy. I did this so you could meet the other members talking about the symptoms and experiences that are similar to yours. If you are replying by email, I suggest clicking on the VIEW & REPLY button so that you are brought to the full discussion. Then you can read through the other members posts about neuropathy pain.
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1 ReactionNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER HAD THE SURGERY FOR PERIPAL NEUROPATHY? And if you have has it worked? I have an appt. May 12th with a doctor for a consult to see if I would be candidate? It might not even work for me since I have foot drop or maybe because it has been to long. Back in Sept. Of 08. I inhaled Carbon Monoxide on my boyfriends boat sitting down in the cabin Indian style fir about a day at least. That is how this horrible journey of neuropathy and foot drop began. Of course years later I found out that my foot drop could have been corrected within the first couple of years that I had it. But my neurologist just told me if it did not come back in a couple of years it would never come back. Told me nothing about these surgeries that were out there. One day I was done research and found out it could be done. I am currently still working with one doc, but I am sure I am way out of the time frame. Thanks to the doc... If anyone knows anything good for chronic pain for neuropathy please let me know. As I said earlier I am on Suboxone after being on opioids for many years. I just ordered some cream called lidocaine from Amazon that I read is good. I have been doing so much research myself... I also read about lidocaine injections.. Has anyone ever heard of that?
1. I am using Gabapentin,300 mg, twice daily, for jabbing/pins and needles. Some people are using 900 or more daily. My cold feet are probably from nerve damage and reduced circulation.
My neuropathy is from diabetes.
2. Two other persons at my senior residence use Lyrica with much success.Their neuropathy is not from diabetes. Some neuoropathy is just idiopathic (no known source) and possibly genetic.
3. Lidocaine is a pain reliever I believe.
On previous blogs I mentioned Ketamine as a possible pain reliever, even by itself.
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1 ReactionHello @mikween, I have not heard of a surgery specifically for peripheral neuropathy. I've done a lot of research this past year looking for answers myself although I do not have the chronic pain that you have. Do you mean foot drop surgery? Have you thought about getting a second opinion? I'm not a medical professional and have no medical background but I definitely would want a second opinion. Also, I would have a very frank discussion with the doctor about the associated risks and outcomes for a surgery.
Here is a link to a Google Scholar site search for foot drop surgery - http://bit.ly/2pVuJUr that might give you some more information if foot drop surgery is what you are looking at.
Hope you find an answer that works for you...
John
I have written before about the nine prescriptions I have used, acupuncture,deep massage and creams....to no avail. Now I am getting certified for the use of cannabis. In Minnesota a doctor must certify you and there is no one in the town where I live that will do that. I am in the process of finding someone in a larger metropolitan area. Then I will use a pharmacist run clinic in Hibbing to obtain the oil I need. There has been some research done with peripheral neuropathy and cannabis relief. Has anyone experienced this relief???
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1 ReactionHello @fonda, I belong to the Minnesota Neuropathy Association and we have monthly meetings most months. We have a board member who has benefited from medical cannabis. We had a meeting back on March 25 where we had a guest speaker come and talk to us about the use of medical cannabis for chronic pain. More information about that meeting can be found here - http://mayocl.in/2qpMzOZ.
Also, for those living in and around the Minneapolis area or don't mind driving, our meetings are posted on our website at:
http://www.neuropathy-mn.org (this will re-direct to a new website that we just made active - http://www.minnesotaneuropathyassociation.org/).
Hoping you hear from others that have tried it. I only have the numbness associated with my peripheral neuropathy so I'm fortunate that I don't have the pain.
Hope others that have tried it will share their experience. I have to believe it would be better than the pain drugs and their associated side effects.
John
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1 ReactionANYONE THAT HAS NEUROPATHY PLEASE GO TO THIS LINK http://WWW.SILVESTERFOOTCLINIC.COM and then HOW WE CAN HELP, and then NERVE PAIN and read that page, and then scroll down and click on the link neuropathy. And you will see the different options he has available for people including the surgery that I mentioned the other day that no one had ever heard of. I am very excited. My appt. is May 16th. I will let you guys know how it goes. Wish me luck.... It all sounds really great. I hope you guys get this. I have tried typing this about 4 times and something keeps happening and throwing me out.
@mskay I HEARD THAT YOU HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF SUBOXONE. THE DOCTOR JUST PUT ME ON IT FOR CHRONIC PAIN. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT REALLY WORKS FOR THAT. HOPEFULLY I WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ANYMORE AFTER I GO TO THIS FOOT DOCOTOR ON MAY 16TH. BUT BEFORE THAT I WAS ON HEAVY MEDS SINCE SEPT. OF 08. SO IT HAS BEEN A BIG CHANGE TO SAY THE LEAST.
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