Benfotiamine is safe but has not yet been proven effective. A healthy diet, regular exercise and keeping an active brain remain the best ways of reducing dementia risk. DEAR DR.

The trial will study benfotiamine, a laboratory-made form of thiamine, also known as vitamin B1, as a treatment to slow Alzheimer’s disease.

Dietary thiamine (vitamin B1) intake was linked with cognition in older adults, a longitudinal analysis in China suggested. Over a median follow-up of 5.9 years, cognitive decline risk was minimal ...

Notes to Editors. 1. Benfotiamine, a synthetic S-acyl thiamine derivative, has different mechanisms of action and a different pharmacological profile than lipid-soluble thiamine disulfide derivatives ...

Benfotiamine is a synthetic drug which can increase blood thiamine up to 100 times the normal level. These levels of blood thiamine cannot be achieved by taking thiamine alone.

NEW YORK — A synthetic derivative of thiamine may be effective in preventing diabetic retinopathy, animal studies suggest. The drug blocks three of the four major biochemical pathways ...

By feeding diabetic rats benfotiamine (a synthetic derivative of thiamine, the co-factor for the enzyme transketolase), the researchers substantially boosted transketolase's activity--effectively ...

Benfotiamine, a lipid-soluble thiamine derivative, blocks diabetic retinopathy pathways. Tudor Toma. Tudor Toma. This person does not yet have a bio. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial ...

A: The compound is benfotiamine, a synthetic form of thiamine (vitamin B-1). It has been used in Germany to treat peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes. Our caller, a physician, says the dose is ...

Researchers from Royal Children's Hospital, the University of Melbourne and affiliated organizations published data from a study that aimed to investigate the potential of benfotiamine, which is a ...