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Originally Posted by mrsD
Well, based on your history posted here I see 3 culprits for PN.
1) diabetes
2) toxin exposures (solvents and other strong chemicals)
3) Previous Zocor use.
That is not looking too idiopathic to me!
You may recover some damage, because of the Zocor over time. But that depends on how much damage you have etc which is difficult to prove.
2) The toxins may or may not improve with time.
3) controlling blood sugars may help with diabetes.
Supplements showing promise for diabetes, are lipoic acid--I'd use the best one as we've posted before, benfotiamine, and
acetyl carnitine. All have papers on PubMed for diabetic neuropathy.
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Mrs D
I had a follow up with my Endo last week and my blood sugars are still spiking in the pre-diabetic range 2 hour post prandial after a relatively low carb meal. i'm scared to think what they would be if I ate like I used to, chocalate, ice cream, potatoes, rice, second helpings on everything.
I'm off the Actos and on Metformin now. I read the Metformin will help with my cholestrol, have you heard that? Still off the Zocor.
So far the Metanx has not helped, but it's only been 3 weeks. My Endo wants me on it for at least 2 months as a trial.