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Anyone here dealing with peripheral neuropathy?
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YES, legs and hands and feet. DIABETIC FOR 25 years on INSULIN and STATIN and a small BLOOD PRESSURE PILL...
Lately CHARLEY HORSES SO HORRIBLE I cannot take the pain. Used CALEB TREEZE ORGANIC stops leg and foot cramps
and it took away some of the pain. GOT Garapentin 300 mg to take at night. DOESN'T do a thing. Will see a NEUROLOGIST tomorrow and did call for an appointment. DIAGNOSIS already is DIABETIC NEUROPATHY in legs, hands and feet...left leg the worst. Heard it is progressive, and to walk and not let the legs go stiff. NIGHTTIME IS HORRIBLE...day just hurts...MargaretOB
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@margaretob - Have you spoken to your doctor about the charley horses?!? I just started taking Crestor and my doctor specifically warned me that extremely painful muscles was a potential serious side effect, and if it happened to stop taking the meds and make a medical appointment immediately. This side effect can happen at any time after you start taking the meds so does not necessarily show up when you first start taking it.
You can use Cramp 911 for the charley horse pain. It stops it in 15 seconds. I bought it at CVS, now I have to get it on Amazon. But i think that your pharmacy can order it for you if you don't use Amazon. It is homeopathic but it works amazingly well. My whole family uses it. I am using a cold laser device for the neurapathy pain and it is working for me and 2 of my friends and 3 relatives. I bought it from Amazon for $129, if you don't get relief you can return it to Amazon. I know the agony you are going through but thanks to the laser I am sleeping through the night without waking from the pain. .May God bless you
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Have you tried other neuropathy meds? I've been through all the neuropathy meds that my pcp and neurologist knew, and I don't think my pain specialist has more than 1 or 2 meds left on his list, plus I had a spinal cord stimulator implant in June of 2017, which has made a big difference in my pain level.
My pn hasn't progressed as far as yours, and I'm truly sorry that you're in so much pain. The pain in my feet seems bad to me, but I feel like a weakling compared to how much you and many others suffer with. I have much more pain at night and when I put my feet up in the recliner. Having multiple health conditions can make diagnosis and treatment difficult for our doctors.
Lidocaine cream 5% numbs my feet enough to let me get to sleep, but it's certainly a temporary solution. Medicare turned down a refill of the prescription, so I found Uber Numb on Amazon for $16, instead of more than $150 for the prescription.
I have a blanket lifter on my bed so the sheets and blankets don't touch my feet, and I have a pillow for my feet. Little things like these can make a difference.