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Suggest Medication For Severe Neuropathy When Resistant To Lyrica
Question: Have terrible nuropathy need to find relief, Lyrica no good, can help ?
Brief Answer:
Some more information please.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for using Health care magic for your health concern. I have read & understood it.
Nuropathy has wide range symptoms & treatment depends on type of symptoms & their basic cause( which needs to be treated simultaneously ) You are taking medicines for blood pressure apart from gabapentine.
I would request for information about your symptoms of nuropathy
- Weather pain, numbness with or without tingling , muscle weakness or any thing else than these.
-Weather the pain is peripheral or situated to particular part of body
- Do you have Diabetes along with blood pressure?Is there associated back pain ?. Any history of trauma to spine ?
-Any other health problem you have ?
The information would give me assistance in answering your query more specifically. Please do answer.
Thanks
Some more information please.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for using Health care magic for your health concern. I have read & understood it.
Nuropathy has wide range symptoms & treatment depends on type of symptoms & their basic cause( which needs to be treated simultaneously ) You are taking medicines for blood pressure apart from gabapentine.
I would request for information about your symptoms of nuropathy
- Weather pain, numbness with or without tingling , muscle weakness or any thing else than these.
-Weather the pain is peripheral or situated to particular part of body
- Do you have Diabetes along with blood pressure?Is there associated back pain ?. Any history of trauma to spine ?
-Any other health problem you have ?
The information would give me assistance in answering your query more specifically. Please do answer.
Thanks
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana
Thank you doctor. I do not have diabetes, my health is good other than this problem, and slightly higher blood pressure 140/60. Never had spine injury or
Serious illness. Just affects feet tops and bottom, gets very hot and at night use a cream that helps...I drink 1-2 glasses of wine most nights, am wondering if I should give that up, do not smoke, 5'8" 125, exercise 2-3 times week...
Took Lyrica, no good, now on Gabentin, makes me break out...
Please advise
Thanking you in advance for the answer.
XXXX
Serious illness. Just affects feet tops and bottom, gets very hot and at night use a cream that helps...I drink 1-2 glasses of wine most nights, am wondering if I should give that up, do not smoke, 5'8" 125, exercise 2-3 times week...
Took Lyrica, no good, now on Gabentin, makes me break out...
Please advise
Thanking you in advance for the answer.
XXXX
Brief Answer:
Need review for change in present medicines/ vertebral health.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for the information.
It's clear now your nuropathy experienced in top & bottom of feet, is not due to Diabetes.
I have observed few things which need to be looked for as a cause...(. for management of basic cause along with management of local symptoms forms complete treatment of the problem.) & they are,
- Hypothyroidism .. can cause swelling as well as the nuropathy symptoms. You are already taking Syntroid for it. Re assessment of thyroid level may revel need to change the dosage / drug itself
- As a side effect of the drug Amilodipine... there can be swelling on ankle & feet... which in turn irritates/ presses the peripheral nerves on feet to cause the symptoms.
- Alcohol indulgence tends to cause peripheral nuropthy... so you should think in terms of stopping the wine .
- Age wise degeneration of vertebrae/ disc/ at sciatic notch can cause irritation of nerve while it leaves through vertebral column or sciatic notch.
* Looking at the possibilities I would suggest for a consultation of your health care giver followed by referral to expert as per need to find exact changes in your present treatment & any other addition to your lifestyle changes including physiotherapy .
I hope that answers your query. Any follow up query is welcome.
Thanks.
Need review for change in present medicines/ vertebral health.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for the information.
It's clear now your nuropathy experienced in top & bottom of feet, is not due to Diabetes.
I have observed few things which need to be looked for as a cause...(. for management of basic cause along with management of local symptoms forms complete treatment of the problem.) & they are,
- Hypothyroidism .. can cause swelling as well as the nuropathy symptoms. You are already taking Syntroid for it. Re assessment of thyroid level may revel need to change the dosage / drug itself
- As a side effect of the drug Amilodipine... there can be swelling on ankle & feet... which in turn irritates/ presses the peripheral nerves on feet to cause the symptoms.
- Alcohol indulgence tends to cause peripheral nuropthy... so you should think in terms of stopping the wine .
- Age wise degeneration of vertebrae/ disc/ at sciatic notch can cause irritation of nerve while it leaves through vertebral column or sciatic notch.
* Looking at the possibilities I would suggest for a consultation of your health care giver followed by referral to expert as per need to find exact changes in your present treatment & any other addition to your lifestyle changes including physiotherapy .
I hope that answers your query. Any follow up query is welcome.
Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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