Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A federal health agency has found certain antidepressants and anti-seizure drugs are among medications that effectively treat diabetic nerve pain. The research is being published simultaneously in the March 24, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and in a more comprehensive report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
AHRQ is the lead federal agency charged with improving patient safety and the quality of America's health care system.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 9 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes and an estimated 50 percent of people with diabetes have some form of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage caused by high levels of blood sugar, although not all have symptoms.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170324192328.htm
AHRQ is the lead federal agency charged with improving patient safety and the quality of America's health care system.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 9 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes and an estimated 50 percent of people with diabetes have some form of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage caused by high levels of blood sugar, although not all have symptoms.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170324192328.htm
