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Old 11-09-2008, 12:12 AM
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I wish I was as lucky as to not have much hair growth. I have a lovely case of gnarly black hairs growing from the toes of my rsd foot.

Perhaps "heal" was the wrong term to use, as studies typically call the attention to prevention and management as indicated below. I've provided the link to the source for you to review.

"In addition to perioperative regional blocks, the use of pharmacologic agents including calcitonin, mannitol, vitamin C, corticosteroids, carnitine, and ketanserin have been advocated for the prevention of postoperative CRPS [14]. Interestingly, only vitamin C has been shown to be beneficial in prospective, placebo-controlled studies [22, 23]. Vitamin C is a natural antioxidant that is reported to scavenge both hydroxyl radicals [24] and superoxide radicals that produce hydroxyl and other free radicals [25] that may be responsible for the pathogenesis of CRPS. Zollinger et al. [22] evaluated the efficacy of administering either 500 mg vitamin C or placebo daily for 50 days to 123 adults with 127 wrist fractures. There was a significant reduction in the incidence of CRPS in the vitamin C group (7%) compared to the placebo group (22%) at 1-year follow-up (95% CI for differences 2-26%). Cazeneuve et al. [23] confirmed the benefits of vitamin C in a prospective nonrandomized study of 195 patients with wrist fractures presenting for surgery. Patients receiving vitamin C (1 g daily) for 45 days, starting on the day of fracture had a five-fold lower incidence of CRPS (2.1% versus 10%, p<0.05). This simple, safe, and inexpensive technique may have significant implications in the development of protocols for the prevention and management of CRPS.

http://www.rsdfoundation.org/en/Prev...RSD_Intro.html

Wishing you all well.

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