When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: r ala for neuropathy

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Lipoic acid - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoic_acid

    Lipoic acid (LA), also known as α-lipoic acid, alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) and thioctic acid, is an organosulfur compound derived from caprylic acid (octanoic acid). [3] ALA, which is made in animals normally, is essential for aerobic metabolism. It is also available as a dietary supplement or pharmaceutical drug in some countries.

  3. Peripheral neuropathy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_neuropathy

    Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) with benfotiamine is a proposed pathogenic treatment for painful diabetic neuropathy only. [119] The results of two systematic reviews state that oral ALA produced no clinically significant benefit, intravenous ALA administered over three weeks may improve symptoms and that long-term treatment has not been investigated ...

  4. Palmitoylethanolamide - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmitoylethanolamide

    Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) is an endogenous fatty acid amide, and lipid modulator. [2]A main target of PEA is proposed to be the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α).

  5. Neuropathic pain - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropathic_pain

    While some studies on orally administered ALA had suggested a reduction in both the positive symptoms of diabetic neuropathy (dysesthesia including stabbing and burning pain) as well as neuropathic deficits (paresthesia), [74] the meta-analysis showed "more conflicting data whether it improves sensory symptoms or just neuropathic deficits alone ...

  6. Peripheral mononeuropathy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_mononeuropathy

    Peripheral neuropathy and mononeuropathy are common neurological disorders, with a diverse range of variables and causes to conclude a diagnosis. [2] Neuropathy has three sub-classifications; mononeuropathy is a result of an entrapped or traumatised nerve or nerve area, Mononeuropathy multiplex is linked to chronic diseases like leprosy, and ...

  7. Diabetic neuropathy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_neuropathy

    Globally diabetic neuropathy affects approximately 132 million people as of 2010 (1.9% of the population). [41] Diabetes is the leading known cause of neuropathy in developed countries, and neuropathy is the most common complication and greatest source of morbidity and mortality in diabetes.