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Scare tactics and miracle cures sell a lot of different products. The best thing you can do is learn as much as you can about your condition, symptoms and treatments available from reliable sources. Here are a few sources you might want to use for evaluating a so called miracle cure.

Quazar's guidance about avoiding scams and snake oil cures
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-to-avoid-quacks-and-snake-oil-treatments/

FDA's Health Fraud Page
-- https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ProtectYourself/HealthFraud/ucm539101.htm

NIH's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) which offers guidance about integrative health and how to evaluate it.
-- https://nccih.nih.gov/health/decisions
-- https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/pain

I've had neuropathy for over 30 years but am fortunate that I only have some numbness and no pain. I've never been worried about amputation of my feet. My younger sister who has passed away some years ago had diabetes along with other complications and was close to having one of her feet amputated but it never got that bad.

From your previous posts it sounds like you have been dealing with a lot of pain in your legs and feet and have tried a lot of different treatments. Have you looked into any of the complementary or alternative treatments on the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy website? - https://www.foundationforpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Complementary-and-Alternative-Treatments-Revised-2020-final.-1.pdf

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John thank you for mentoring all of us. My first neurologist visit to Doc Cut Off wanted to amputated as medicare pays NOT for non diabetic Neuropathy. I along with other reported him and now he is being investigated, however far that will go. The Neuropathy Support group and Protocol Works brought me back to walking without support inside my home and I use a walking stick outside for safety. Lotsa snakeoil snakes out there thanks for keeping us informed.

This is something I have worried about. My neuropathy is in my feet and lower legs also. I am on medications for it. It began after having a posterior cervical laminectomy and C3 to C5 fusion surgery on 2/11/20. It has gradually worsened since then (burning and some numbness in feet and calves and also swelling in feet and ankles. I am seeking advice on any treatment that will improve my situation and information to further educate on this issue and lead ne in the right direction.