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Is it beneficial to take medicine such as gabapentin, etc if you don't know what is causing your neuropathy?
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Assuming: it provides relieves from the pain or discomfort of neuropathy, it is definitely worthwhile. You don't need to know the cause to benefit from treatment.
Answered 7/16/2015
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