Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Kinki University

Masanobu Tsubaki

Shozo Nishida

Satoshi Wachi

Tomoya Takeda

Kiyotaka Okuno

No drug has been available for treating a peripheral sensory neuropathy caused as a side effect by a drug, in particular, by an anticancer drug such as oxaliplatin. A composition for ameliorating peripheral sensory neuropathy, which is characterized by including amycelium extract, ameliorates symptoms induced by the drug such as the anticancer drug, including numbness of extremities, a pain in extremities, a reduction in deep tendon reflection, a reduction in muscle force, allodynia, hyperalgesia, impaired finger fine movement, impaired walking, stumbling, falling, impaired flexion (being difficult or impossible to sit on one's heels, sit cross-legged, sit with one's legs out to one side, sit on a chair, or the like), or paralysis of extremities.

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Osaka, Japan

Masanobu Tsubaki