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rosdoc1

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Has anyone got any views on Alpha Lipoic Acid helping Diabetic Neuorpathy. I have read it is supposed to help with tingling sensation in feet.
 
rosdoc1 said:
Has anyone got any views on Alpha Lipoic Acid helping Diabetic Neuorpathy. I have read it is supposed to help with tingling sensation in feet.
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Oh yeah....
Last spring I had horrible neuropathy in my feet. I started ala and noticed a difference within days. After less than a month it was gone. It made so many other things better as well.
You should get R ALA as the R fraction is the absorbable type. I take 300 mg R ALA or 600 of regular. If it doesn’t say R then it’s regular. It seems most of us have to order it online.
I buy mine as www.swansonvitamins.com. I get the double strength 100. I divid my doses through the day
 
Opinions vary. I take it as a supplement (300mg daily) to help with nerve damage/ circulation problems developing in the future.
Apparently ala is a prescribed supplement in some countries ( Germany) to help prevent neuropathy.
A lot of people on the forum use ala on a regular basis with positive results, 600 mg being a recommended daily dose.
I guess it may be a case of trial error and see what results you get.
 
Kristin251 said:
Oh yeah....
Last spring I had horrible neuropathy in my feet. I started ala and noticed a difference within days. After less than a month it was gone. It made so many other things better as well.
You should get R ALA as the R fraction is the absorbable type. I take 300 mg R ALA or 600 of regular. If it doesn’t say R then it’s regular. It seems most of us have to order it online.
I buy mine as www.swansonvitamins.com. I get the double strength 100. I divid my doses through the day
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Even though I only take the regular ALA 300 mg my symptoms have all but disappeared.
 
Pura Vida said:
Even though I only take the regular ALA 300 mg my symptoms have all but disappeared.
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Yes. I recently found some clean ones at Walmart of all places. 300 mg regular. And I don’t notice the difference. I mix them up at the Walmart ones are MUCH cheaper. A little of this....a little of that
 
Reducing my HbA1c from 53 to 40 has stopped the tingling in my toes without taking anything. Mind you it took about 2 years to go completely.
 
I used to take the RALA ones.
They made no difference to me.
Though many members here swear by them
 
I think as well that every member also needs to check that any vitamins/supplements do not intefere with the action of any other prescibed drugs...
 
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