PEA is not water soluble. This makes it very difficult to get into an oral form.

Make sure you have details about what is being done to improve this problem if you decide to try it. Basically it is a rather benign substance, but it presents a huge problem regarding if it is even absorbed. This factor and its enormous cost are the two factors that leave me cold. Basically it is hundreds of dollars a month for nothing.

After all these years of promotion by the European company who is promoting it...and we have one statement that it works in conjunction with lowered doses of gabapentin in mice. There should be more after all this time IMO.

Hi,

I took PEApure for several months when I initially had CRPS symptoms. I personally felt that it was helpful and did reduce nerve irritation. I never did get as severe as some cases and was able to stick to a low dose of gabapentin. Whether this was from the PEApure or something else I can't say, but it certainly didn't make me worse. I felt its long history of being used for neuropathic pain in Germany was a positive thing.

I buy PEApure brand and it is micronized. There is another brand P.E.A. cure, out of the Netherlands that is also micronized to enhance absorbability. They recommend you take it with food.

A month supply of 3 capsules 3x day costs $54-66 depending on who you buy from.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I appreciate it and find it encouraging. If I try it I will let you know how it works for me.

Thanks Summerfun,

I originally misquoted the price because I'd meant to put the 2 month price in not the one month price. Sorry about that

The $50-66 is the price for a month supply. A bit pricey but I've seen worse on specialty supplements and medical foods.

Thanks mrsD. I understand your point and will see if I can find any information on successfully getting it into oral form. I am willing to try it as long as it won't do any harm. If it doesn't work so be it. Like so many of us I feel I just have to do something! I guess that's how some companies make money, unfortunately.