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. 2015 Oct 5;15(5):486–489. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-486

Table 3.

Recommended regimens for prophylactic vitamin supplementation in alcohol misusers.

Situation Regimen
> Well nourished
> No history of dietary neglect
> Adequate dietary intake
> No neuropsychiatric symptoms/signs		 No need for additional supplements but monitor
> Mild malnutrition
> At risk of malnutrition
> Compensated cirrhosis
> Acute alcohol withdrawal		 Oral thiamine hydrochloride: 100 mg tds for 2–4 weeks
> Moderate/severe malnutrition
> Significant dietary neglect
> Poor/negligible dietary intake
> Peripheral neuropathy
> Decompensated cirrhosis
> Severe acute withdrawal		 IV Pabrinex® bd for three days then oral supplementation for 2–4 weeks