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Originally Posted by nide44
I too, have alcoholic neuropathy.
Good work on being sober for as long as you have.
I've never joined AA, went cold turkey and stayed off 100% for 5 years.
Now I take a drink occasionally, but have found that I suffer for it.
The PN flares up-so PN & alcohol are a bad mix, if you want to recuperate.
Supplements are very important, as the alcohol has depleted your normal levels, drastically.
B12-methylcobalamin, (not cyanocobalamin) sublingual- is effective at 1000-5000 mcg/day. Vit C, folates (folic acid), ALA (RLA), CoQ10, Omega 3,6,9 Fish Oil, and a few others you'll hear spoken of, on this forum.
Lots of sleep-at least 6-8 hrs a nite.
And meds. That will be a search for the right combination to best serve your needs. Many here are taking Neurontin or Lyrica along with a pain killer, like Ultram.
You and your neurologist will have to do trial & error until you find your 'cocktail'.
It will take a long time to see results with supplements -months or years.
The meds should help in the short haul.
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All people with alcohol induced PN should try Thiamine in high doses for a couple of months. Alcohol is metabolised by a dehydrogenase system that uses thiamine as a cofactor.
Thiamine deficiency is common in alcoholics and takes a long time to heal. Often doctors give B-complex to recovering patients as well.
Benfotiamine is a better version, less commonly known, and recently lowered in price. If you Google it you will find alot of information on it.
For thiamine B1 (commonly found in any drugstore and very inexpensive) you need at least 300mg a day in divided doses.
For benfotiamine (usually purchased online at better outlets like
www.iherb.com ) 300mg a day to start, and when improvement sets in, may reduce to 150mg a day.
The other things Bob mentioned are good too, but don't forget that Thiamine is #1 for alcohol related PNs.
Fish oil, and B12/folate/B6 are needed to heal nerves as well.
That shoulder injury qualifies for those.
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