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What Are The Recommended Vitamins For Alcohol Deaddiction?

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Posted on Tue, 4 Aug 2015
Question: what are the recommended vitamins and their respective doses for person having alcohol deaddiction ?
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Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (32 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
thiamine is recommended.

Detailed Answer:
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Welcome to HCM.

For patients undergoing alcohol de-addiction treatment, the recommended vitamin is thiamine.

It is to be given orally 100mg three times a day for first two weeks.

This is the only vitamin recommended.

Kindly discuss this with your doctor.

Hope this helps.

Feel free to ask further.
Take care.

Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Shubham Mehta (16 minutes later)
is it 100mg three times making total 300 mg

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100 mg total divided in three doses?
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Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (58 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
300mg in a day.

Detailed Answer:
Its 100mg three times a day making total 300mg in a day.

Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Are The Recommended Vitamins For Alcohol Deaddiction?

Brief Answer: thiamine is recommended. Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to HCM. For patients undergoing alcohol de-addiction treatment, the recommended vitamin is thiamine. It is to be given orally 100mg three times a day for first two weeks. This is the only vitamin recommended. Kindly discuss this with your doctor. Hope this helps. Feel free to ask further. Take care. Thanks.