Alpha-Lipoic Acid Eases Diabetic Nerve Pain
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) in pill form improves diffuse nerve pain or “polyneuropathy” in patients with diabetes, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care. A recent pooled analysis showed that daily intravenous treatment with ALA could reduce pain and numbness in diabetic patients, the authors explain, but little work [...]


