Not so long ago, a diagnosis of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with nerve involvement came with one real...
Treatments & Therapies
This is often the first section people look for, and I understand why. The articles below cover the treatment options people ask about most.
For the full overview, start with the Treatments & Therapies guide. Every article in this section is listed below.
One of the harder lessons I’ve learned since becoming my own advocate for neuropathy is this: the...
The question comes up at nearly every support group meeting, usually from someone holding a business card....
Nearly every treatment for hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis works the same way at a structural level. You take...
If you’ve been living with the daily grind of diabetic nerve pain — the burning, the stabbing,...
The first time my neurologist mentioned mexiletine, I thought I had misheard her. We were sitting in...
When my neighbor Carol’s husband Frank, who’s seventy-four and has had diabetic neuropathy for fifteen years, sat...
One of the women in my support group used to call it her “swim move.” She’d stand...
The first time I picked up a Lyrica prescription, the pharmacist slid the bag across the counter...
The first time my friend Marie’s husband almost crumpled in their kitchen, she thought he’d had a...