Vitamin number 1 from group B was called aneurin in the past. A completely water-soluble crystalline substance, which plays an important role in the body, is resistant to heat in acidic aqueous environments, but is quickly destroyed by alkaline ones. Sometimes the vitamin is called thiamine.
Vitamin B1 – what is it for?
Some people claim that thiamine and vitamin B1 are different substances, but this is wrong. What is thiamine? It's just an alternative name. It promotes the complete absorption of proteins and fats, which are water-soluble substances. A person requires constant replenishment of substances in this group due to the effects of metabolism. Most healthy people get the required dose of the vitamin from food. A small amount of the substance is found in potatoes, lettuce, spinach, and carrots.
Foods that are rich in thiamine are available to the general population:
- peas, soybeans, beans;
- nutritional yeast;
- liver;
- beef, pork;
- wheat bread;
- cabbage.
The daily requirement of thiamine for a healthy person varies depending on age and gender. An adult man requires approximately 1.3 mg/day of the substance; for women this figure is 1.1 mg/day. In pregnant women, the need increases to 1.4 mg/day. For children, the daily intake of thiamine depends greatly on the age of the child - from 0.2 mg to 0.9. Why do you need vitamin B1:
- improves brain function;
- stimulates concentration of memory, thought processes, attention;
- reduces the negative effects of alcohol and nicotine.
Vitamin deficiency leads to a complex of problems that can develop into diseases:
- Cardiovascular system disorders - acute cardiovascular failure, shortness of breath, tachycardia.
- Nervous system: irritability, insomnia, depression, numbness of the limbs, memory loss, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (more common in alcoholism), neuritis, damage to the nervous system, development of paresis, intellectual impairment, etc.
- Digestive system disorders: loss of appetite, constipation, diarrhea, enlarged liver, nausea, kidney disease.
Vitamin B1 - indications for use
Clinical use of the drugs involves two forms - thiamine and cocarboxylase. Phosphotiamine and benfotiamine belong to the first type of substance. Indications for the use of vitamin B1 can be very different; the drug is administered intramuscularly or intravenously. Independent use, even with a known diagnosis, is strictly not recommended. After being prescribed by a doctor, be sure to read the instructions.
Cocarboxylase is prescribed for the following diagnoses:
- metabolic acidosis;
- Leigh's syndrome;
- respiratory failure;
- multiple sclerosis;
- alcohol poisoning;
- amyotrophy;
- development of paralysis,
- Gaye-Wernicke syndrome;
- beriberi disease.
Indications for use of the thiamine form of the substance:
- heart failure;
- weight loss;
- general weakness;
- muscle weakness;
- leucinosis (hereditary disease);
- cardiac ischemia;
- atherosclerosis;
- pyoderma (pustular skin lesions);
- chronic gastritis,
- Korsakoff-Wernicke syndrome.
Vitamin B1 - instructions
Before consuming the vitamin, you should carefully study the instructions for B1 and the rules of use:
- The tablet form of the drug (dragées and capsules) is taken after meals 1-4 times a day. The drug should be taken with a small amount of water and not chewed. Consuming on an empty stomach (empty stomach) may cause pain.
- The therapeutic course for children under 14 years of age lasts 20-30 days.
- Therapeutic course for adults – 30-40 days.
Vitamin B1 in ampoules
Vitamin B1 in ampoules is available for intramuscular, intravenous or subcutaneous administration. Cocarboxylase drugs are used to treat conditions not associated with a deficiency of the vitamin itself. The conditions and methods of using solutions of thiamine and cocarboxylase are not the same: cocarboxylase is administered quickly, in a stream, and thiamine is administered drip-wise or extremely slowly.
Vitamin B1 tablets
Vitamin B1 in tablets, capsules, dragees is available in any pharmacy. The drug contains thiamine diphosphate, thiamine monophosphate, thiamine triphosphate, non-phosphorylated thiamine. Phosphothiamine-based products have better absorption. Cocarboxylase is available on the market in the form of rectal suppositories. Due to the way the substance enters the body, the drug is absorbed as quickly as with an intramuscular injection.
