Diabetes Neuropathy Question: Are there any medications besides trental and carbamazepine?
For prevention or treatment? There are experimental drugs which are almost released to prevent neuropathy or minimize neuropathy. Currently, drugs to treat neuropathy are a real hodge podge. Many drugs will help the pain but in an unpredictable manner. That is, you need to try them for several weeks to see if they’ll help. They include Dilantin, Depakote, anti-depressants(especially Elavil and Doxepin), and a host of others. Your doctor should be able to do this. Lupus and Type 1 Diabetes Question: What interaction, if any, is there between these two conditions and/or the medications Humalog and Humulin NPH insulin and hydroxyquinone? I seem to be having greater difficulty in controlling my diabetes since the lupus was diagnosed and I was started on the hydroxyquinone. I have asked two doctors and a pharmacist, and they all indicated that there is no known interaction. However, in the past I have found that my own observations are often later confirmed by research results. Answer: I am
