Adult Dosing

Beriberi

• 5–10 mg PO tid

Dietary supplement

• Male: 1.2-1.5 mg PO daily
• Female: 1.1 mg PO daily
• Female Pregnant/Lactating: 1.4 mg PO daily

Pediatric Dosing

Beriberi

• 10–50 mg/day for 2 wks then 5-10 mg/day for 1 month

Dietary supplement

• 0-6 months - 0.2 mg/day
• 7-12 months - 0.3 mg/day
• 1-3 yr - 0.5 mg/day
• 4-8 yr - 0.6 mg/day
• 9-13 yr - 0.9 mg/day
• 14-18 yr (male) 1.2 mg/day
• 14-18 yr (female) 1 mg/day

• Beriberi
• Dietary supplement

• Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the product
• Known alcohol intolerance or bisulfite hypersensitivity

• N/A

Renal Dose Adjustment

• Renal impairment: Dose adjustments not defined

Hepatic Dose Adjustment

• Hepatic impairment: Dose adjustments not defined

• The effectiveness of megadoses of vitamins for treatment of various medical conditions is unproved and may cause side effects

Pregnancy Category:A

Breastfeeding: Safe; compatible and considered safe with breastfeeding.

• CNS: Weakness, restlessness
• CV: CV collapse, hypotension, death
• DERM: Pruritus, urticaria
• EENT: Tightness of throat
• GI: Nausea, hemorrhage into GI tract
• RESP: Pulmonary edema, cyanosis
• MISC: Feeling of warmth, sweating, anaphylaxis, angioneurotic edema

• Water soluble vitamin; functions with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in carbohydrate metabolism
• Well absorbed from the GI tract
• Metabolized by liver
• Excess amounts are excreted unchanged in urine
• Half-life: Unknown

US Trade Name(s)

• Only generic available

US Availability

thiamine (generic)

• TAB: 50, 100, 250, 500 mg

Canadian Trade Name(s)

• Vitamin B1

Canadian Availability

Vitamin B1

• TABS: 500 mg

UK Trade Name(s)

• Only generic available

UK Availability

thiamine (generic)

• TAB: 100 mg

Australian Trade Name(s)

• Betamin

Australian Availability

Betamin

• TAB: 100 mg

Nutrition/Electrolytes

Vitamins