Hi, I am still on vacation, but saw this post ...so briefly...
There are two types of "treatment" available. One is symptomatic treatment only (which most PN drugs do except for IVIG) and actual intervention treatment like the supplements which promote healing. IVIG remains the most useful treatment for reversing some PN.
The SSRI antidepressants work centrally in the brain to suppress some of the chronic pain loop that exists in chronic pain states. They do nothing for the actual healing of PN and do not prevent progression at the peripheral level.
There has been one study showing that amitriptyline may actually stimulate regrowth of peripheral nerves...so that antidepressant is distinct from the SSRIs.
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