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Originally Posted by EliseSiouxFalls  I began to have some numbness in my feet after I had been on a calcium channel blocker for a while---this was about 6 years ago----I have found various references which say that it is a small side effect, but indeed peripheral neuropathy can be a side effect of calcium channel blockers. I wish I had found this relationship sooner.
For a variety of reasons, I fired my first doctor and got off the ccb and onto a different bp med which works very well.
Does anyone have any experience with the amount of time it could take to reverse the neuropathy in the bottom of my feet. I don't have pain, and I can walk a couple of miles a day. But it is annoying to have these weird sensations in the bottom of my feet. I have been off the old med and on the new for a couple of months now. |
Hi, the peripheral nerves are capable of growing back as long as they haven't got cell death, they are extreemly slow at regenerating, growing back at 1mm per day if under perfect conditions, please be aware though whilst they are repairing they desperatly try to make connection, you can get flaring of symptoms but this process eventually settles down in time, can be months to years depends on how much damage there is.
Mine PN was my feet and up my legs and it took 5 years to completely get rid of all damage completly, the numbess took the longest.
Its an individual choice but i am sure some supplements helped my nerves repair, they were a multi B vitamin every day, 1 mg- B12 methylcobalamin on an empty stomache every day, R lipioc acid 100 mg daily, b1 100 mg x 3 times a day, GLA [gamma linolic acid] 240 mg x2, Acetyl-L-carnitine & fish oil.
They all have a purpose if you research them.
best of luck anyway
Aussie
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