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Nerve damage can happen over time when your blood sugar is high due to diabetes. These damaged, unhealthy nerves send too many pain signals to your brain, resulting in the pain you feel in your feet.

This can feel like foot numbness or shooting, stabbing, or burning pain. This may affect people in different ways, and it can occur in a very specific part of the foot, or even impact the entire foot.

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Diabetes and nerve pain: You’re not alone

About 50% of people with diabetes will develop some type of nerve damage over their lifetime.

Today, approximately 5 million people live with diabetic nerve pain. More than 2.5 million people still live with diabetic nerve pain symptoms even after trying multiple other treatments. QUTENZA may be able to help.

Symptoms of diabetic nerve pain

Symptoms of diabetic nerve pain can be different for everyone and can include:

Burning pain

Burning pain

Shooting or stabbing pain, or a feeling of walking on broken glass

Shooting or stabbing pain, or a feeling of walking on broken glass

Tingling, foot numbness, or a feeling of pins and needles

Tingling, foot numbness, or a feeling of pins and needles

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QUTENZA is not indicated for patients under 18 years of age.

Causes of diabetic nerve pain

Diabetic nerve pain of the feet is one of the most common long-term effects of diabetes. About 50% of people with diabetes have some form of nerve damage. Risk factors include:

  • Having a more advanced age
  • Being overweight
  • Having high cholesterol
  • Smoking
  • Consuming alcohol
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Get QUTENZA resources designed to help get you started and keep you on your journey with QUTENZA.

The right resources can help you understand the condition, causes, and symptoms. With this information, you’ll be better prepared to talk to a QUTENZA specialist. The more your QUTENZA specialist knows about you and your diabetic nerve pain, the better your treatment experience will be.

Talk to a QUTENZA specialist about how diabetic nerve pain is affecting your daily activities

Talk about the pain you’re experiencing

  • Could diabetes be causing pain in my feet?
  • What can I do to reduce the pain?
  • What treatments are available?
  • What are the benefits and risks of different treatments?

Ask if QUTENZA could be right for you

  • Is it possible that QUTENZA could help my symptoms?
  • How long does it take to work?
  • How long does pain relief last?
  • Are there side effects from the treatment?

How can QUTENZA help?

A 30-minute application can offer up to 3 months of relief from diabetic nerve pain with just 4 treatments each year. That’s only a commitment of ~2 hours of treatment time for year-long, ongoing relief.