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Originally Posted by crimsoncrew
Pharmacokinetics of high-dose oral thiamine hydrochloride in healthy subjects
"Our study demonstrates that high blood levels of thiamine can be achieved rapidly with oral thiamine hydrochloride. Thiamine is absorbed by both an active and nonsaturable passive process."
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6904/12/4 |
That is a very well done, useful and interesting study! This sure seems to suggest that oral intake of thiamine can result in reaching clinically useful quantities similar to IV or IM if large enough amounts are taken. At a dose of 1500mg it looks like blood levels reach maximum at about 4 hours. Taking Benfotiamine should be even better. Thanks for finding this study!