Anyone know if marijuana is effective for diabetic neuropathy?

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I've lived with it for about six years and the pain is really beginning to take it's toll.

[Mona]

1. don't know, but...

You might want to look into alpha lipoic acid/R-lipoic acid if you haven't already.

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2. Thank you. I tried that in combination with an amino acid.

It did seem to offer relief for a few months, but the burning, etc., have returned with a vengeance even though my BG is under good control.

I let my high blood sugars go on too long before seeking help, and suffered some pretty bad neuropathy as a result. I've lived with the pain for several years now, but it is really beginning to take its toll. I have read that low THC/high CBD strains have proven beneficial for their anti-inflammatory actions, as well as good for chronic pain (which is what this has become).

Just wondered if anyone out there had any experience with it.

Thank you for your response.

[GusBob]

3. My mother had neuropathy not diabetic

Her feet. She used a marijuana cream smuggled in from Colorado it helped

She's 80

[Ms. Toad]

4. No knowledge about marijuana -

but sometimes neuropathy can be reduced or reversed entirely by pulling blood sugars back in the normal range.

I was diagnosed with diabetes 3 months ago - still very mild - but by strictly watching the carbohydrates I'm eating I have gotten my blood sugar back into the normal range (it actually only took 3 days - except for the fasting blood sugar which took a month).

The standard ADA recommendations of 100-150 carbs a day are unlikely to get blood sugar into the normal range. (Their goal is to be below 180 at 2 hours after eating - which is well above normal range.) My goal is to keep it under 140 at all times, below 100 in the morning, and below 120 during the day.

I don't have neuropathy, but some of the folks I've talked with who are eating very low carb have reversed or reduced their neuropathy (both Type 1 and Type 2).

I do tons of testing - every new thing I eat gets tested before I take a bite, at 1 hour, at 2 hours and (if it is still rising at 2 hours) at 3 hours. If it's close, I give it another chance. If it isn't close, it is off my list (at least until I lose more weight). I'm rarely outside of that range as long as I stick to fewer than 20 (and 15 is better) net carbs in a 3 hours period.

Hope you found some relief! If not, and you're interested in exploring using a low carb/keto diet to better control blood sugar let me know.

[PinkTiger]

5. It helps.

I smoke it daily, and it dulls the pain enough to make it tolerable. It also has a lasting effect until the next evening when I do it again. Sometimes, when it is really bad, I take a tylenol and advil together on top, and it seems to work fine.