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Alcohol - problem drinking - Management
When should I prescribe thiamine in people who are harmful drinkers?
- Offer prophylactic oral thiamine to harmful drinkers if either of the following apply:
- They are malnourished, or at risk of malnourishment.
- They have decompensated liver disease.
- Prescribe oral thiamine 50 mg per day (as a single dose) for as long as malnutrition may be present.
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