This condition can often be very painful for patients. Often this pain does not respond to traditional painkillers and requires some other form of therapy. Compounding can expand options for treatment to help the patient find a treatment that works for them. Combination of alpha lipoic acid and superoxide dismutase leads to physiological and symptomatic improvements in diabetic neuropathy.
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