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  Back & Neck Pain
Myofascial Pain
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Spasticity and Dystonia
Cancer Pain
Diabetes-Related Pain
Shingles Pain
Compression Fractures (Spine)
Spinal Stenosis
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Diabetes-Related Pain
Diabetes is not a single disease, but rather a group of related disorders that all result in hyperglycemia, or elevated levels of sugar in the bloodstream. Lack of capillary circulation and excess sugar in the blood both contribute to nerve damage, or neuropathy. Symptoms of diabetic neuropathy include tingling or pain, and eventually numbness. It often affects the spinal nerves, but can damage autonomic and cranial nerves as well.
Peripheral neuropathy generally appears about 10 to 20 years after diabetes is diagnosed. It is estimated that up to 25% of all diabetes patients will experience some degree of neuropathy.
The treatment of neuropathic pain is multifaceted. The first and most successful therapy is improved glucose control. Following this, medicinal options include the use of tricyclic antidepressants or anticonvulsants.
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