Itching
 

Does anyone else here get itching? I have it along with the burning. Its there all the time. The Lyrica worked to stop the itching for a while, but then now its come back.

Yes, I used to get a lot of itching around my ankles along with the burning at that time, the itching stopped in a few months.

Brian :)

I don't have much itching. In the beginning, I had alot of pain.

Even when the thyroid medication started working, I only had tingling.

Itching suggests some allergic/inflammatory thing, to me.

Also if you have itching all over? That may signal gall bladder or liver problems.

I'm starting to wonder if the itching is an allergic response to the Lyrica. I did not have the itching in the beginning, only after taking Gabapentin for a month did I start to have it. So I switched to Lyrica and there was no itching. Then last week I started with the itching/burning again. So I increased my Lyrica and it went away for a few days, but now its back again. Just makes me wonder. I may have to go off the Lyrica, but not until they give me a back up medicine, because it still is working for alot of the other pain I have in my feet.

Itching can be a symptom of Neuopathy....
 

I have read that itching in some cases is actually considered mild nerve pain.
I would venture to think it is not the Lyrica, but a symptom of your neuropathy, wait it out a little before coming off Lyrica, as you know these neuro symptoms can come, go, change, etc.......

I don't think there are too many safe alternatives besides Gabapentin & Lyrica, other than supplements, which I am starting to dabble in.

I have had mild itching at times, but not too often.

I'll repeat what works very well for me for burning is AlkaSeltzer.
This is the original formula.

I take one packet of 2 at night, and it can stop burning for me all night and the next day.

Only people who are allowed aspirin, can use this however.
The bicarb in it allows very fast response, and the aspirin blocks the inflammatory response in the skin. (which is what I think is bradykinin). The all over itching and burning resembles the niacin flush, and aspirin blocks this too.

Bicarb also blocks histamine receptors, temporarily. Environmental and allergy doctors use a bicarb product to block allergic reactions that they induce in the testing situations.
The one they use is called TriSalts, and has less sodium and more potassium in it. But it works the same way.

So the AlkaSeltzer is more effective IMO for our type of burning than the TriSalts.

WalMart makes a generic for AlkaSeltzer original formula. It is in the Maalox section and costs a whopping 2 bucks for a box.

For what its worth, I get itching in my feet which I'm assuming is neuropathy related as there hasn't been any other cause for it. It doesn't intensify to the point that I've no choice but to scratch it until I'm bruised and bleeding. That sort of intensifying sensation is what I get when I'm having an allergic reaction to something and soon after the hives kick in and the rest is downhill from there. At least with the neuropathy type at this point in time, I can keep from injuring myself.

I get itching along with burning in my legs, thighs especially. I haven't found it related to any meds.

Yup. Mostly one area of my upper back.

Sheltiemom

thats weird, me too. i often take a really hot shower to stop the itch