Neuropathy pills: How to avoid scams?

I have tried everything from creams, supplements R-Alpha Lipoic Acid to EMS foot massager. I am a type 2 diabetic. I took Metformin for 20 years. It seems to be the cause of my neuropathy. It striped away the B12 that supports the nerves. Things that get me through the never ending pain flare ups in my feet is daily EMS helps, Aspercreme with Lidocaine, and keeping my legs and feet moisturized. I use the diabetic lotions. I no longer take Metformin if you are diabetic get off it now. There are newer drugs that won’t have the side effects. The loss of B12 is the main reason our nerves are no long working. It is so hard to rejuvenate the B12 in supplements. Most supplements use synthetic B12 as their ingredient. So if you know of anything that is almost a sure cure for this expensive and almost endless struggle please pass it my way. I continue to exercise and keep praying for a cure. Save your money all advertisers are SCAMs. Restore B12 don’t know how get your life back.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this information with me. I’ve had negative/borderline horrible side effects from so many medications that I usually do my due diligence now before trying anything. There doesn’t seem to be much out there that doesn’t have a laundry list of side effects attached. I don’t recall seeing neuropathy as a side effect for rosuvastatin, but I may have to do more digging, which I will do!! I just got my blood work back and my statin is doing its job… Cholesterol down to 139! Don’t know if that’s the medication’s doing or my own. My diet has changed dramatically over the last year, especially. My anxiety over all these health issues keeps my appetite to a minimum and when I do eat, it’s something pretty simple. So, I may be getting my cholesterol in line without medication. I won’t know until I stop it! Thanks again for the help! I hope you continue to feel better with each day!

For me, the frozen feeling correlates to the medicine.
I take a hairdryer and put it on warm...the get my toes warmed up. It helps a lot to relieve the frozen feeling

I took rosuvastatin for a couple of years . I was not a diabetic before taking it . I did my research . I found out that Rosuvastatin can raise your blood sugars . My Dr Malachia Trout at the Fargo VA told me that she knew that the statin would raise my blood sugars . She said that she made a decision that was best for me . When I started having tingling in my toes and feet . I asked her if the statin could have caused the problems . She said no. But , she never once told me that the statin could take me from a prediabetic to a diabetic . I stopped taking rosuvastatin and my blood sugars went down . I now am taking Alphalipoic acid . It helps with the tingling and burning .

I am new to this forum although I have been suffering with peripheral neuropathy for 2 years (none diabetic). Like most sufferers I have searched endlessly to find supplements that provide some relief and a possible cure. My search has proved how impossible this quest is and so expensive due to misleading adverts and down right scams.What would be really helpful if members posted their experiences with supplements they’ve tried , which were useless/helpful or obvious scams. I am sure there must be some helpful supplements out there and we would all benefit if these were posted on this forum.

I am new to this forum although I have been suffering with peripheral neuropathy for 2 years (none diabetic). Like most sufferers I have searched endlessly to find supplements that provide some relief and a possible cure. My search has proved how impossible this quest is and so expensive due to misleading adverts and down right scams.What would be really helpful if members posted their experiences with supplements they’ve tried , which were useless/helpful or obvious scams. I am sure there must be some helpful supplements out there and we would all benefit if these were posted on this forum.

Re - Statins. I have been subscribed statins for several years with no noticeable side effects. August ‘23, I noticed tingling in my right foot. Over the year this progressed to both feet. My toe joints became sore and swollen, the tingling progressed up both legs and was more pronounced in my right leg. Next came pains in both legs and feelings of ‘compression’ particularly in my calfs. Next came pain in my right hip. This was followed by pain in the groin where mesh had been used to repair a hernia.
I am quite a healthy, fit and active 79 year old male and I began to think it this continues, I will be crippled.
My doctor was puzzled. After the consultation, I went home and had a good think. Knowing that leg pains could be a side effect of statins, I decided to not take them and see if they might be the problem or part of the problem. Over the next few days my symptoms gradually disappeared. Now, a month and a half later, I have barely a pain. The swelling in my toes has disappeared, the tingling and leg, hip and groin pain is minimal. It looks like the statins were the cause. It seems that a small proportion of statin users might be reactive to this very helpful, life saving drug. What to do now? I may have to try and control cholesterol by diet… a bit of a dilemma.

Totally unrelated to statins, but I took another prescribed medication (gabapentin) A few weeks ago, and it put me so out of it that I fell in my bathroom in the middle of the night and sustained an L1 compression fracture. I can’t believe how much information is not shared about the medications we are prescribed. I have so many bottles on my counter right now with this new injury after my hospital release. It’s ridiculous! Quality of life is down the drain with all of this stuff! I will be stuck in bed for I don’t know how long, and all because I was overprescribed. And in all likelihood unnecessarily prescribed, according to all the physicians in the hospital. Thanks for the response and I’m really sorry for what you’re going through. The overuse of pharmaceuticals is out of control! Good luck to you!

How much Alpha Lipoic Acid do you take and does it upset your stomach

I took rosuvastatin for a couple of years . I was not a diabetic before taking it . I did my research . I found out that Rosuvastatin can raise your blood sugars . My Dr Malachia Trout at the Fargo VA told me that she knew that the statin would raise my blood sugars . She said that she made a decision that was best for me . When I started having tingling in my toes and feet . I asked her if the statin could have caused the problems . She said no. But , she never once told me that the statin could take me from a prediabetic to a diabetic . I stopped taking rosuvastatin and my blood sugars went down . I now am taking Alphalipoic acid . It helps with the tingling and burning .