Weight Gain and Lyrica in Neuropathy Fairfield County CT

(Newswire.net — November 26, 2018) Darien, CT — If you are like 20 million Americans suffering from painful hands and feet, there is a good chance you have peripheral neuropathy. While you can have neuropathy for unknown causes (idiopathic), most people with neuropathy are diabetics, heavy alcohol users and chemotherapy patients. The exact mechanism of pain is not very clear. It is believed that the nerve loses conductivity in the extremities due to presence of toxins for chemotherapy patients and high glucose levels for diabetics. The same can be said for heavy alcohol users, as alcohol is sugar. Whether it is a toxin or glucose, what takes place is an eroding of the nerve covering called the myelin sheath.

The myelin sheath allows for faster conductivity of nerve impulses from the brain to body. Typically, neuropathy sufferers experience numbness and pain in the hands and feet, with the feet getting the worst of the pain. Patients develop difficulty walking due to the pain that presents. The pain is usually worse at night. The medication most often prescribed is Lyrica or pregabalin. In many cases, the relief from the pain is welcome. However, it does come at a cost. Let me explain.

Besides blurry vision, one major side effect is weight gain. No one wants to gain weight. When a medication that is supposed to help causes weight gain the patient has to decide if the bark is worth the bite. Weight gain can really make any underlying condition worse. If your feet hurt and you gain weight, you are at risk of becoming more sedentary, furthering weight gain. That is quite a conundrum if you are trying to stay healthy. For the older population, becoming more sedentary leads to balance issues that can lead to potentially fatal falls. Most often falls are simple, however, the older we get the more dangerous the falls become and even life threatening.

So what should you do if you have neuropathy and are taking Lyrica? You should contact your doctor and discuss your concerns. Most doctors are aware of the side effects and can guide you to alternative solutions. Today, there are home based neuropathy solutions that can quell the pain and numbness of neuropathy. The main one that comes to mind is called Rebuilder. The neuropathy sufferer will use this therapy at home using a foot bath where they undergo treatment twice a day. The intended effect is to allow the body to maintain a health myelin sheath by inducing a healing frequency so the nerve covering can rebuild. It has been quite effective.

There is hope and help for neuropathy sufferers.