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B12 Shots for Nerve Pain

As we have noted for decades, it is important to treat nerve pain with the following recipe:

1.
 Vitamins B12 and B6 (present in the Energy Revitalization System)
2.
 Lipoic Acid 300 mg 2x day
3.
 Acetyl L-Carnitine 500 mg 2-3x day

Give these at least 3 months to work.

In this study, B12 shots decreased nerve pain 4 times as effectively as the medication nortriptyline.

We add medications for initial relief as well (and even long term as needed) as discussed in my book “Pain Free 1-2-3,” but the nutrients above can actually help heal the nerves.

References

Vitamin B(12) may be more effective than nortriptyline in improving painful diabetic neuropathy. Talaei A, Siavash M, Majidi H, Chehrei A. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2009 Feb 12:1-6. [Epub ahead of print; see the article online]

For more information on nerve pain (neuropathies), see Effective Treatment for Neuropathic (Nerve) Pain.


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Some information on this site is from the book From Fatigued to Fantastic! Third Edition by Jacob Teitelbaum MD, copyright 2007 by Jacob Teitelbaum MD. Used by permission of Avery Publishing, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.