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Posted 5/18/2009 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
i whent  to  my PCP for the burning and tingking and pain in my fingers and he gave me this for it. Metanx

Thank You,

Posted 5/19/2009 12:18 AM (GMT 0)
How Does Metanx® Work?
Every complication that develops in diabetes is related to circulatory disease, and nitric oxide plays a significant role in that process.

Metanx® helps to improve circulation by increasing endogenous nitric oxide levels.1
Lack of protective sensation is the number one predictor of lower-extremity ulcerations and amputation.

Metanx® has been shown to improve/restore protective sensation and vibratory sensation in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).2
Elevated homocysteine is a significant risk factor for impaired wound healing in patients with chronic lower extremity ulcerations.

Metanx® has been shown to effectively metabolize homocysteine in patients with chronic lower-extremity ulcerations and restore wound healing processes.3
The majority of painful DPN symptoms include numbness and tingling due to lack of sensation. Only 10-25% of patients with DPN experience painful symptoms. Current DPN therapies only target the painful symptoms while the underlying disease state progresses.

Metanx® targets the underlying disease process and helps to improve sensation by increasing blood flow and supporting neurofunction as myelinogenesis and peripheral nerve repair.4,5
Posted 5/19/2009 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6 and Folic Acid do the same thing.
Posted 5/19/2009 3:46 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you veromia333 an Razzle

so go you thing its a good thing to take or not? i'm not the kind of person to take meds.as it is i had to get 3 of those pill box things today so i can keep up with it.and i used to never take anything till i thought i was dying such as asprin. i used to say if i had to take a pill a day to live i wouldnt make it, boy was i kidding myself there.

the Dr. did some more blood work on me, 1 for b12 deficiency, not sure what else he is checking tho. he also told me that i should go thro with the spinal tap, they want to see what stage of lymes i have by it.
i dont knwo but in all my reading in here and other pkaces i have yet to see anything about lyme stages.has anyone else heard of it? he said there is like 3 or 4 stages to lymes
as of yet i am not getting any treatment for lymes, just different meds for symtoms, joint pain, muasl spasums, migrans, burning and tingling in my fingers, drops for my eyes and virtago. lets see what this week brings me cause its something new each week now.

wishing everyone well soon.
Posted 5/19/2009 4:31 AM (GMT 0)
I would choose the B vitamins over the prescription any day, personally. They are safer, and a deficiency of B12 and/or of Folic Acid can cause permanent nerve damage if the deficiency is not corrected. Most MD's here in the US won't treat a mild B12 deficiency, when in fact the deficiency may be worse than they think - our normal range for B12 here is still considered deficient in Japan, for example.

I also wouldn't bother with the lumbar puncture - tests for Lyme on CSF fluid are typically very inaccurate according to what I have read. And what stage you are at does not affect treatment. If your symptoms and labs aren't enough to get them to treat you, then it might be time for a second opinion...
Posted 5/19/2009 5:20 AM (GMT 0)
1 Symptoms
1.1 Stage 1 – Early localized infection
1.2 Stage 2 – Early disseminated infection
1.3 Stage 3 – Late persistent infection systemic
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