Here’s Why You May be Suffering From Diabetic Nerve Pain (and How to Treat It)

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Imagine feeling a pain that compares to shooting and stabbing sensations – that’s what happens to millions with something called diabetic nerve pain. But there are ways to help with this condition.

 

More than 34 million Americans – just over 1 in 10 – have diabetes¹, and neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the feet, or more commonly referred to as diabetic nerve pain, is one of its most common complications.²

 

 

The painful symptoms associated with this nerve damage include numbness, tingling, as well as shooting or stabbing sensations that most often affect the lower extremities.³

 

It is a progressive and debilitating complication of diabetes that will affect approximately more than 5 million Americans in 2020⁴ and is expected to double by 2030.⁵

 

Dr. Mayank Gupta, President and CEO of the Kansas Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, speaks about his experience with diabetic nerve pain as well as a new non-opioid treatment option, delivered via a specially formulated patch, that can help alleviate the pain of this condition for up to 3 months.

 

 

 

References:

1. CDC Division of Diabetes Translation, National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/features/diabetes-stat-report.html#:~:text=New%20in%202020%2C%20the%20report,1%20in%203%E2%80%94have%20prediabetes. Accessed July 6, 2020

2. University of Chicago Center for Peripheral Neuropathy. Types of Peripheral Neuropathy. http://peripheralneuropathycenter.uchicago.edu/learnaboutpn/typesofpn/diabetes/diabetes.shtml. Accessed July 6, 2020

3. American Diabetes Association. Peripheral Neuorapthy Overview. https://www.diabetes.org/diabetes/complications/neuropathy/peripheral-neuropathy. Accessed July 17, 2020

4. LTP 2020-2030: ADDRESSABLE POPULATIONS BY CONDITION (PDPN, PSNP, PHN, CINP). Company data on file. April 30, 2020.

5. Gore, M., Brandenburg, N. A., Dukes, E., Hoffman, D. L., Tai, K.-S., & Stacey, B. (2005). Pain Severity in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy is Associated with Patient Functioning, Symptom Levels of Anxiety and Depression, and Sleep. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 30(4), 374-385. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.04.009.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p0718-diabetes-report.html

6. CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018

7. America’s Health Rankings. United Health Foundation. https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/annual/measure/Diabetes. Accessed July 13, 2020

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