Thank you for your faith in me Rain, I am a tea totaller! Mine is idiopathic... source unknown. One of the biggie vitamins is Vit K, and she tested me and mine was great. The Zostrix cream that is the only thing that helps is one of the capsacin creams... yay for hot!! You have to use rubber gloves to put it on. I tried others too but this is the best by far. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: bluezinnia@kyananet.com To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [CH] Strange Question but not really O/T > Peripheral neuropathy (PN) can also have other causes, such as: > > * other cancer treatments, such as surgery or radiation > * tumors pressing on nerves > * infections that affect the nerves > * diabetes > * shingles > * low vitamin B levels > * some autoimmune disorders And alcoholism, most definitely, but I hasten to say that that's not the case with Linda. I do seem to recall a study somewhere on vitamin B-something and PN; some people had good results, but I don't recall the stats. I'll check Medline and a few other places. Keep on rockin', Rain @@@@ \\\\\