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Wernicke syndrome and vitamin B dosage
My father-in-law is an alcoholic with Wernicke disease and I am trying to figure out what happens when he stops his dosage of vitamin B1 and then starts taking his dosage again he recently started hallucinating and was sent into the psychiatric ward of our local hospital and now they have given him other meds and it has caused other problems and I'm trying to figure out what the roll vitamin B is played in this
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Wernicke's encephalopathy is due to deficiency of vitamin B1 due to poor absorption and less intake.
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High dose IV vit B1 supplementation is done along with other nutrient and drug support. oral B1 supplement for long term is necessary.
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serum vit B1 level is optional.
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