Re: Neuropathy - To Renee
From: Barb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:22:48 -0500 (CDT)
CW,
Do you smoke?
It can be caused from that as well.
Caffeine..anything that constricts the vessels ,over consumption of the
two can also contribute to nerve damage of the vessels.
Let me know if the neurontin helps you.
I was groggy on mine the first week,but then developed a tolerance to
it.I have been taken off it ,as I was told what I am experiencing is not
neuropathy.
I don't know what or who to believe anymore.
Take care!
>
>I said "usually," not exclusively. And, the alcohol link is for very severe,
>long-term alcoholics. It's not common to see it. There are other reasons.
>
>I hope the neurontin works for your pain.
>
>Renee
>
>cw wrote:
>>
>> This is interesting. But I don't drink, I've been a health nut all my
>> adult life, and my sugar level has always been on the lower side. Doctor
>> seems to think it has something to do with the sugar/insulin imbalance I
>> had for so long. Who knows, it's a mystery.
>>
>> At Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Renee wrote:
>> >
>> >Neurontin does not repair the damage, it relieves the pain. (At least that's
>> >my understanding.) Neuropathy is usually caused by diabetes, but on occassion
>> >can be caused by other things, such as excessive alcohol consumption. So,
>> >controlling one's blood sugars is the best way to prevent worsening of the
>> >neuropathy. It is caused by the small vessel disease that comes with diabetes,
>> >so that the vessels supplying the nerves plug up and the nerves starve. The
>> >increased sugar concentration in the blood also changes the osmotic balance,
>> >and can damage the nerves.
>> >
>> >Renee
>> >
>> >cw wrote:
>> >> I think what my doctor was
>> >> referring to is that the symptoms I am experiencing sound like I'm on my
>> >> way to getting nerve damage, which he still called neuropathy, and he
>> >> put me on neurontin to stop and prevent any damage in the future so that
>> >> my symptoms would not be ignored nor the damage allowed to occur.
>> >
>> >--
>> >--------------
>> >Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
>> >
>> >---
>> >Dwell in Possibility.
>> >--Emily Dickenson
>> >
>>
>--
>--------------
>Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
>
>---
>Dwell in Possibility.
>--Emily Dickenson
>
--
Sincerely,
Barb C.
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