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Thanks to both of you for your responses. Am also posting this to the board

bcuz I need feedback on any side effects others may have experienced. Seems I

read someone had had significant weight gain they attributed to taking the

elavil. Does anyone out there have and info to share on this? I did take elavil

when I was diabetic. I gained about 30 lbs in 3 mos, but I was also put on

insulin and an oral diabetes med at the same time as the elavil, so can't

pinpoint

if it was just the elavil or if it was contributory or what.

I DO take ALA, 800 mg a day, have done for a couple of years. I can't say

it's done anything to help improve my neuropathy, and it even seems to be

getting

slowly worse. But I'm afraid to stop taking it, in case the problem might

accelerate if I quit the stuff. I buy it at Wal-Mart, just under $6 for 60 caps,

about a week and a half's supply. Maybe it's not high quality, since it IS

cheaper by far than the stuff I see in the health food stores, and that's why

it's not doing much???

Also been taking 2600 mcg biotin for about 2 years as well. Seems to have

helped my nails, but not my hair or neuropathy. Haven't tried the evening

primrose oil, as we malabsorb oils/fats and figured it would probably be just a

waste

of time and money.

Is it the e/p oil the studies have been done on? Or the whole regimen of e/p

oil, biotin, and ALA?

Carol A

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To: <A HREF= " mailto:tuesdynite@... " >tuesdynite@...</A>

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Yes elavil is used to treat neuropathy. It is also used to treat phantom

pain, among other things.

 

Deb Sellman RN

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In a message dated 10/21/2003 9:44:29 PM Central Daylight Time,

looneybird@... writes:

> Have you

> considered ALA (alpha lipoic acid). I've done some research into it

> and it is supposed to help stop and maybe even reverse neuropathy.

> I've been taking 300 mg. for about three months. It ain't cheap,

> about $40.00 for 50 caps and you need to up your biotin and take some

> evening primrose oil caps with it. But I figure if it works (I have

> Charcot foot) it's well worth it. There have been several studies

> done that suggest it does work.

> Alice

> The Loon

>

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I just stopped taking the Elavil after gaining 9 pounds in 2 weeks. I'd

rather deal with the chronic pain in another way. Besides messing me up

mentally (because of gaining the weight) it will mess up my body too. To me

it's evil!

Tigger

Re: Elavil, neuropathy

Thanks to both of you for your responses. Am also posting this to the board

bcuz I need feedback on any side effects others may have experienced. Seems

I

read someone had had significant weight gain they attributed to taking the

elavil. Does anyone out there have and info to share on this? I did take

elavil

when I was diabetic. I gained about 30 lbs in 3 mos, but I was also put on

insulin and an oral diabetes med at the same time as the elavil, so can't

pinpoint

if it was just the elavil or if it was contributory or what.

I DO take ALA, 800 mg a day, have done for a couple of years. I can't say

it's done anything to help improve my neuropathy, and it even seems to be

getting

slowly worse. But I'm afraid to stop taking it, in case the problem might

accelerate if I quit the stuff. I buy it at Wal-Mart, just under $6 for 60

caps,

about a week and a half's supply. Maybe it's not high quality, since it IS

cheaper by far than the stuff I see in the health food stores, and that's

why

it's not doing much???

Also been taking 2600 mcg biotin for about 2 years as well. Seems to have

helped my nails, but not my hair or neuropathy. Haven't tried the evening

primrose oil, as we malabsorb oils/fats and figured it would probably be

just a waste

of time and money.

Is it the e/p oil the studies have been done on? Or the whole regimen of e/p

oil, biotin, and ALA?

Carol A

-------------------------------------------------

To: <A HREF= " mailto:tuesdynite@... " >tuesdynite@...</A>

Sent from the Internet (Details)

Yes elavil is used to treat neuropathy. It is also used to treat phantom

pain, among other things.

Deb Sellman RN

-------------------------------------------

In a message dated 10/21/2003 9:44:29 PM Central Daylight Time,

looneybird@... writes:

> Have you

> considered ALA (alpha lipoic acid). I've done some research into it

> and it is supposed to help stop and maybe even reverse neuropathy.

> I've been taking 300 mg. for about three months. It ain't cheap,

> about $40.00 for 50 caps and you need to up your biotin and take some

> evening primrose oil caps with it. But I figure if it works (I have

> Charcot foot) it's well worth it. There have been several studies

> done that suggest it does work.

> Alice

> The Loon

>

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