One of the complications of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy.
People generally describe the pain of peripheral neuropathy as tingling or burning as well as a loss of sensation compared to a feeling of wearing a thin stocking or glove.
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People generally describe the pain of peripheral neuropathy as tingling or burning as well as a loss of sensation compared to a feeling of wearing a thin stocking or glove.
Topics: peripheral neuropathy, Neuropathy, Diabetic Neuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy Help
Posted by Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson, DC on Thu, Apr 09, 2015
One of the complications of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy.
Peripheral neuropathy is a result of nerve damage which often causes weakness, numbness and pain, usually in your hands and feet.
People generally describe the pain of peripheral neuropathy as tingling or burning as well as a loss of sensation compared to a feeling of wearing a thin stocking or glove.
Peripheral neuropathy is a serious disease of blood vessels that supply the nerves as well as the nerves themselves
The most common drug prescribed for people suffering with diabetic related leg pain is Lyrica®.
But it comes with a huge price.
To be quite honest I have to wonder how this drug was ever approved. One look at the PDR will get you wondering to.
Read MoreTopics: Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson DC, Neuropathy, Diabetic Neuropathy, Vitamin Deficiency,
Posted by Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson, DC on Sun, Nov 02, 2014
Don’t you find it strange that a class of drugs that has questionable science and offers poor stated outcomes (prevention of heart disease in patient with just “high” cholesterol) would still be prescribed in such an amount that over a quarter of the US population over 45 is taking it? What drug class am I referring to? Statin drugs, the pharmaceutical industry’s leading money-maker, largely due to relentless advertising. The aim of statin drugs is to lower cholesterol by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which plays a central role in the production of cholesterol in the liver (which produces about 70 percent of total cholesterol in the body).
A recent study found the statin advertising might be driving high cholesterol over diagnosis and over-treatment.[1] If you think about it, the incidence of heart disease is not decreasing despite a large portion of the US population taking statins. A study from Sweden shows a similar lack of effectiveness. [2] What does that tell you about wisdom of continuing advocate the promotion of statin drug usage?
Unfortunately, due in part to the popularity of statin drugs, my office is seeing large number of people calling in to find help for peripheral neuropathy. [3], [4] One of the so-called side effects of statin drugs is the development of nerve and muscle damage. [5]
Read MoreTopics: Diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, cholesterol, Heart Disease, pain, Drug-Free, Statin, Co-Q10, Diabetic Neuropathy, memory loss,
Posted by Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson, DC on Sun, Aug 17, 2014
Topics: Dr. Karl R.O.S. Johnson DC, inflammation, Diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, Neuropathy, Functional Peripheral Nerve Restoration, Diabetic Neuropathy