Thiamine

Drug Status in USA : Approved
Drug Status in Canada : Approved

pronunciation

pronounced as (thye' a min)

Why is this medication prescribed?

Thiamine is a vitamin used by the body to break down sugars in the diet. The medication helps correct nerve and heart problems that occur when a person's diet does not contain enough thiamine.

This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.


How should this medicine be used?

Thiamine comes in tablets to take by mouth. It is usually taken three times a day with meals. If you have a thiamine deficiency, your doctor may prescribe thiamine for 1 month or more. Follow the directions on your prescription label or package label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take thiamine exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.

Thiamine should be taken with meals. If you are taking an extended-release (long-acting) product, do not chew or crush the tablet. There are some tablets that can be crushed and mixed with food.


What are the precautions to be followed?

Before taking thiamine,
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to thiamine or any other drugs.
  • tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, including other vitamins.
  • tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking thiamine, call your doctor.
  • if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking thiamine.

What are possible side effects of this medication ?

Thiamine tablets usually do not cause any side effects.


How to store the medication and dispose it of after its use later?

Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.


Drug Category/Class

  • Vitamin B1, Plain
  • Vitamin B Complex
  • Vitamins
  • Alimentary Tract and Metabolism
  • Vitamin B1, plain
Prescribed For the treatment of thiamine and niacin deficiency states, Korsakov's alcoholic psychosis, Wernicke-Korsakov syndrome, delirium, and peripheral ne...
Weight :265.355
Structure Thiamine
Generic Drug Thiamine prescribed For the treatment of thiamine and niacin deficiency states, Korsakov
Formula

C12H17N4OS

Thiamine has 7 Brands listed


Benalgis (75 mg)Fide (75 mg)
Thai (75 mg)Thiamin (200 mg)
Thiamine M (100 mg)Thymine (100 mg)
Vit B1 (200 mg)

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