Tag: Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy research is on the rise 

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Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) can impact up to 70% of chemo patients. The effects can linger long after chemotherapy has ended. Patients can be left with issues in their hands or feet ranging from pain and tingling to muscle weakness.  Treating CIPN is really hard   Scientists don’t fully understand what causes CIPN. Studies have shown that […]

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Antidepressant Helps Relieve Pain from Chemotherapy

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Duloxetine, known commercially as Cymbalta, has been shown to relieve neuropathic pain caused by chemotherapy in 59 percent of patients in a recent study at the University of Michigan. Lead study author, Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD, and researcher at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, says, “These drugs don’t work for everyone. The good news […]

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