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hi all

I am taking citalopram for depression, and read somewhere that it significantly reduces diabetic neuropathy. Has anyone else heard of this? As the depression is somewhat linked to the developing of complications in the first place, it seems too good to be true that the antidepressant can actually help the neuropathy also!
 
Wonder if thats the same for escitalopram as well, which I believe is closely related. I took Lexapro, or escitalopram, for about nine months and found it a very beneficial drug.
 
the_anticarb said:
hi all

I am taking citalopram for depression, and read somewhere that it significantly reduces diabetic neuropathy. Has anyone else heard of this? As the depression is somewhat linked to the developing of complications in the first place, it seems too good to be true that the antidepressant can actually help the neuropathy also!
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There are studies which confirm what you state. Here is the conclusions from just one.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1424 ... t=Abstract

Ken.
 
Aoife said:
Wonder if thats the same for escitalopram as well, which I believe is closely related. I took Lexapro, or escitalopram, for about nine months and found it a very beneficial drug.
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As before. TCA's and SSRI's are commonly prescribed for Neuropathy. Here is a link explaining.
http://diabetes.about.com/od/equipmenta ... ations.htm

Ken
 
Low doses of tricyclics have been used for years as part of pain control, they tend to reduce the transmission of the pain signals.

AFAIK SSRIs have a similar but weaker effect, but they lack many of the side effects of the TCAs.
 
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