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Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

ID 160

Efficacy of Vitamin B1 as an Alternative Medicine According to GRADE* Ranking: 


Alzheimer's Disease [1, 2, 3]:

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Whilst there are some good studies implicating the benefits of Vitamin B complex in the improvement for cognitive function of some patients with neurodegenerative diseases only one study implicated the same for Vitamin B1, more research is needed)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence


* www.gradeworkinggroup.org 

References:

1. http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/benefits-of-thiamin-vitamin-b-administration-in-neurodegenerative-diseases-may-be-due-to-both-the-coenzyme-and-noncoenzyme-roles-of-thiamin-2161-0460.1000173.php?aid=34970

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=PMID%3A%2011461163

3. http://www.pnas.org/content/110/23/9523.long

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