alpha lipoic acid

[[pa...]]

Has anyone used alpha lipoid acid for nerve pain?  Any effects?

 

Paresthesia

[[Be...]]

I developed diabetic neuropathy in my fingers and toes several years ago and started taking 400mg/day ALA.  Within months the pain was virtually gone and even though I am down to 200mg/day now, I seldom have any of that nerve pain.  As far as I can tell, it is totally self if purchased from a reputable source.

[[pa...]]

Thank you Beeper - I am not diabetic, but have read that it helps with neuropathic pain which is my major and lasting symptom after 2 years of tolerance/withdrawal and off.  I think I'll give it a try.

 

Paresthesia

[[re...]]

please let us know how it works for you.

[[el...]]

I saw on Dr Oz,Montel Williams takes this for his MS..I'm also thinking Montel was on Benzos that caused depression.He might have been having tolorence from benzos also.Sorry to ramble but I've been confined to my guest bedroom for 3 weeks just me and 4 little dogs!lol

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I've had my mom on ALA for the past 2.5 months, along with iron supplements for IDA (Iron Deficiency Anemia) and electro-acupuncture and nearly all the pain, burning and throbbing are gone.

She still gets some tingling or stinging periodically, but nothing like the first 2 months benzo free.

 

The bottoms of her feet are still as numb as they were one month before benzo free, but her nerve conductance test showed meylin sheath damage on a nerve in both legs.

 

I have no idea if it is the iron, acupuncture or ALA that caused the improvement, but the iron seemed to have the greatest impact and was started first.