Vicks Vapor Rub and Neuropathy
 

I recently read an article that Dr. Gott claims to state that vicks vapor rub rubbed all over the feet rids the pain of neuropathy?? My husband who is suffering terribly from this due to chemotherapy tried it...and well so far nothing..anyone heard of this or have tried it?
Thanks
Jolene:mad:

Wow, this is something to remember!

Thank you!!!!!!

Dr. Gott obviously never had severe neuropathy pain. That's like trying to kill an elephant with a flyswatter. I am so sorry your husband is suffering. There are drugs that many of us find helpful in several categories. It sounds like your husband needs a doctor who is willing to work with finding the best drugs to help him. I use fentanly patches. Fentanyl is a synthetic morhpine. And I also take Lyrica, which is an anti-seizure drug that is used for pain control. I hope he can get relief soon.

Vicks
 

My husband has been on every med that we know of...from Lyrica to 2700 daily of neurotin...from codine, to methadone to percacets...nothing touches this pain...any ideas...and how about more info on this patch...how does that work..and does the doc precribe it?
Thank you

The fentanyl patch is prescribed by a physician. It is a synthetic morphine, and the patch method of delivery keeps it in your system constantly. It comes in a variety of strengths. People use anywhere from 25 micrograms to 400 micrograms, and change the patch every 2 or 3 days. If your husband did not get relief from methadone, he probably wasn't given a high enough dose. Some doctors are uninformed about prescribing pain meds. You may need to go to a pain specialist.

I'm so sorry your husband is in such pain. I really am.

((((((((Jolene)))))))

Years ago, when my feet were first numb, I used to wear these flip flops that had little protrusions all over their soles (the bed where your foot sits, is what I mean) ... my plan was to stimulate my feet back to feeling.

It's so dangerous when you don't have feeling in your feet... for some reason I never had as much pain in my feet as I did in my right thigh. And I never did understand how when my thigh felt wooden and numb, it also hurt so much.

Tonight I can move my toes -- always cause for excitement for me -- but today I had two B12 shots.

I mention that because I think the reason that B12 got rid of the PN in my thigh was that I had sOOOOO much of it.

(I take Milk Thistle to cleanse my liver of the cyano ... )

The shots are such a drag... but I am so grateful for them...

If you could get a major prescription for B12 injections that you or your husband give to him... of that I would be really hopeful.

(((((((((Jolene))))))))

(I'm going to get the vicks because one of the problems I have now is that my feet don't seem to adjust to temperature very well... so I don't realize they are cold, and then they start hurting... but as I say, not so significantly as your husband's pain with his feet.)

For me, I think it's the stress... Happily, though, I'm making a bit of headway with the appeal stuff.

pain relief from 15 to 3 in 44 treatments
 

Jolene 520
My pain in 2000 was 15 and a friend told me to find a chiroprator with a machine that put out at least 400 volts. I did and the first 4 could not feel a thing. Slowly each time i had to decrease the voltage. After 44 treatments my pain was 3.I have been using a TENS unit for the last 7 years and 30 mg of morphine a day. My PN was caused by taking Zocor.

I hope this helps your husband. George

I am so shocked, George, that your PN was caused by Zocor... I didn't know it could do that.

Vicks?
 

I think you will find this info is a anecdotal incident reported by a number of sources over and over . I may be mistaken ,but I cannot find any incident were this was confirmed by Dr. Gott, but merely reported as information from an individual who may or may not have neuropathy. It's about five o'clock in the am where I am at, and I would be using a gallon of Vicks right now ,if I thought Vicks was the miracle fix. Dakota has an excellent point and I think a pain specialist would be in order. There are others in this forum much wiser than myself, perhaps they can shed light on this phenomena. At any rate I hope your husband finds relief soon.

I have never heard of Vicks for neuropathy, yet my mom does swear by Vicks for headache pain. She rubs it on her forehead and around her eyes--she just told me the other night to try it for my headache. I had a wonderful peppermint lotion from the World Market in Michigan that was the best thing I ever found. It had the best cooling effect ever and it never failed me for anything I used it for, problem is, I could never find another bottle of it. I went to the store, their website, everything I could---they made it the one time, and that was it. I had 1 quart of it and I cut that bottle open and used every last drop of it--I have never found anything to equal it.:(