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01-08-2010, 01:46 AM | #1 | |||
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Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. You will find a great number of caring, supporting members here willing to help each other as they can.
Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. Darlene
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01-08-2010, 04:05 AM | #2 | |||
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Welcome to NeuroTalk!
The main nutrient that has shown some positive effect for chemo induced neuropathy is acetyl carnitine. It is best take before and during the chemo for best effect. You can try it now, but I can't vouch for how effective it might be at this late date. Quote:
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01-08-2010, 06:30 AM | #3 | ||
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Thanks for your post. I wished I had known about this before, or at least my oncologist would have taken me more seriously as I complained about it while he gave me Taxol. I just made an appointment with a Neurologist.
In the last 3 days it has gotten so much worse. I can barely walk around in the apartment. With two small kids on my hand it is really to cry for. Any idea why it is suddenly much worse? All I've been told is that it will get better over time...and now I'm pretty much in panic. How do I know whether the Neurologist I'm going to see is a good one? Would appreciate any further tips, or to hear from other woman who were on Taxol and have encounter this problem. Cornelia |
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01-08-2010, 08:10 AM | #4 | ||
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Just got of the phone with the neurologist. She wants me to take "Lyrica" and an additional pain medication. Anybody has experience with this Lyrica?
She says that Acetyl-L-Carnitine will only help before or during the chemo. Anybody having a different experience? I read somewhere that Magnesium Oxide *500 to 1000 mg* a day may help. Anybody having an experience with that? What about the B-Vitamins? Anybody having an experience with that? Anybody having a good experience with acupuncture? |
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01-09-2010, 08:55 PM | #5 | ||
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[QUOTE=coma;608220]Just got of the phone with the neurologist. She wants me to take "Lyrica" and an additional pain medication. Anybody has experience with this Lyrica?
My son has taken Lyrica 300mg for three or four years it does help him but he still is in pain.He also takes Lamitical and methadone to help with the pain. He was done with chemo and radiation in August of '03 and we are still battling this. We are now seeing a wellness doctor and working with the anti-inflammation diet. The neuropathy has gotton worse since the inception of it. We are hoping this new way of eating and various other products , Cat's Claw, Alpha lipoic Acid will help. I have heard the B vitiamin is best for diebetic neuropathy. My son's B 6 was fine. |
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