No I don't think it was this common. I've been licensed for 40yrs and rarely did we have PNers, and they were mostly diabetics.
But drugs commonly used today, well, they cause neuropathies.
Even Lasix will. (depletes thiamine).
Fluroquinolones and statins, just about everyone has had these at one time or another!
Also there are alarming reports coming out about air pollution and nano particles:
http://sciencenews.org/view/feature/...tination_brain
I hope this article is open for non-members... It is very disturbing.
Here is another...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217626
I believe these poisons can act anywhere in the body. Time will show this, I think.
Just Google nanoparticles and pollution for more.
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