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Originally Posted by bckay1
I tried alpha lipoid acid for months. It was just another pill to swallow and I didn't feel any different.
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Originally Posted by Jon_sparky
My Rheumy is having me try 1500 mg ALA a day, so far no change in the PN pain. You have to swallow a lot more pills when you are going the nutritional approach...
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Ok, I didn't say ALA—I said RLA, and the stabilized form at that, which is better absorbed/assimilated than ALA.
What's the difference?
rla vs ala
ALA can go bad; it's much more difficult for stabilized RLA to decompose/go bad.
100 mg. of stabilized RLA is equivalent to ~600 mg of ALA.
It's also a cuss of a good antioxidant.
B5 (pantothenic acid) can further enhance the effects of ALA or RLA.
A new combination for treating polyneuropathy.
While RLA stopped the burning pain from my PN, B5 reduced the rude jabs & zaps.
But perhaps most importantly, RLA has worked for some where ALA has not, just as pregabalin has worked (better) for some where gabapentin has not (or has stopped).
More pills to take/try? Tell me about it.
I try to try something new every few months to see if I can find something else that will help. One at a time so I know what works & what doesn't (and so I don't go broke all at once!)
Some things help—most don't, so I drop those and try another.
If you've tried stabilized RLA and it hasn't worked, I'm sorry. If you've only tried ALA, I think it's still worth a try—it can't hurt, there's nothing to lose, and possibly something to gain.
Doc