Nutrients for Neuropathy (Numb Toes Series) [Paperback]

John A. Senneff (Author), Laurence J. Kinsella (Foreword)

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: MedPress (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967110750
• ISBN-13: 978-0967110752
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,395,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!, April 24, 2005

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Ruth F. Anderson (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This book, gave me the knowlege to go to my Dr and tell him I was not going to take anymore perscriptions as no matter what i had been taking, including, neurontin, messed my brain up even though it might have helped with the pain. I noticed how so many said vitamin B was such a help and I am now using vitamins to combat my problem. Thank you for putting the book together and giving us hope that we are not alone in this fight within our own bodies. The Dr's comment with a smile was"Congratulations, you've graduated! You don't need to come back for six months"

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Information for Peripheral Neuropathy Sufferers, November 19, 2002

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This review is from: Nutrients for Neuropathy (Numb Toes Series) (Paperback)

This book has a good bit of info for those who suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy. I am glad I bought the book and every new bit of information helps me cope and feel some mastery over PN. Still, it was not organized quite as accessibly as I would have liked, and it suffers from the inevitable publishing-lag when compared to information straight from the Internet on current studies and thinking on PN.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly quite good, except..., March 5, 2009

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alimrobb "alimrobb" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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Most nutrients he mentions will help most people with PN. But there is one to beware of. Alpha lipoic acid is actually a great antioxidant and has been shown to be helpful in short term studies for PN pain. The problem is that if you have heavy metal toxicity (mercury) you need to be very very careful. ALA can definitely cross the blood brain barrier, and it can also bind to mercury, i.e., it is a chelator. If there is a lot of mercury in your body, as from mercury amalgam fillings in your teeth that are constantly releasing mercury, ALA can take more of it into your brain, and will likely bring on worsening of symptoms. To prevent this, it needs to be dosed on the chemical half life (which is 3 to 4 hours), and started at low doses. It typically doesn't make you worse until several months of use, (and this is why short term studies don't pick it up)thus it is difficult to make the connection. It happened to me, and it took me a long time to figure things out. For more info read Amalgam Illness by chemist Andrew Cutler PhD, or join the free Yahoo health discussion group frequent-dose-chelation.