A new and revolutionary study published in the journal Cureus has very promising news about neuropathy.
Apparently, it can be drastically improved and even reversed using a common vitamin found dirt cheap in every pharmacy.
Vitamin D3 has previously been linked with many neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia, small brain volumes, depression, and mental developmental defects.
Even better, some previous studies have proven that vitamin D3 can repair nerves damaged by strokes or other injuries. Since regeneration of damaged nerves is exactly what scientists are after to treat neuropathy, D3 was an obvious supplement for them to test.
The scientist divided 40 female Wistar rats into four groups: group 1 received no drugs, group 2 received only chemotherapy, group 3 received chemotherapy plus a vitamin D3 supplement, and group 4 received chemotherapy plus a placebo treatment.
They performed three tests to compare the groups: their withdrawal reflex in response to a pinch test, their nerve pulses in response to electrical stimulation, and a microscopic examination of their nerves once they had been sacrificed, as scientists euphemistically call it.
They found improvements on all three tests in the rats who received the vitamin D3 supplement, indicating that their nerves had been partially or mostly repaired.
This suggests that vitamin D3 might help rats who experience nerve damage from chemotherapy.
Even better, if it proves generalizable to humans, it suggests that vitamin D3 supplements could help people with neuropathy caused by other things, such as diabetes.
So, if you suffer from neuropathy, it won’t hurt to take vitamin D3 supplements.