Peripheral neuropathy

What is peripheral neuropathy?

Peripheral nerves are those that are outside your brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of peripheral neuropathy may start gradually but worsen over time and may include numbness, pain, burning or tingling, muscle weakness, and sensitivity to touch.

How do members experience peripheral neuropathy?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with peripheral neuropathy*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

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Top treatments taken by people for peripheral neuropathy*

*Data from patients with peripheral neuropathy, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with peripheral neuropathy*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Neurontin)
Perceived effectiveness
for peripheral neuropathy (9 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
9
Tried for
peripheral neuropathy (15)
Treatment

(Lyrica)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
peripheral neuropathy (8)
Treatment

(Elavil)
Perceived effectiveness
for peripheral neuropathy (2 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
2
Tried for
peripheral neuropathy (2)
Treatment

(Cymbalta)
Perceived effectiveness
for peripheral neuropathy (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
peripheral neuropathy (2)
Treatment

(Mexitil)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
peripheral neuropathy (1)

*Data from patients with peripheral neuropathy, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has peripheral neuropathy on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 37
30s 187
40s 530
50s 1,107
60s 1,665
70+ 1,967

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 1,673
Female 3,787
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