Benfotiamine versus AGEs

Is this available OTC or is a prescription needed?

Dear David how do you take your 150 mg three times a day. By eating certain foods or by tablet? (what kind of food or tablet?) William Hankins Williamhankins101@msn.com

Dear David I also heard that Milkthistle is good for reducing AGE side affects and several docters state no side affects. I take it in a tea form made from the seeds. My vetinarian also recommends it. Do you have any thoughts ????? William Hankins williamhankins101@msn.com

Where do you get it? I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

I have been on Benfotiamine for about a year. I was taking it to address neuropathy but found I have improved much more since going on Byetta. Best price I have found for Benfotiamine has been at iherb.com. David's Response: Very interesting, Pete, that Byetta is doing a lot to control your neuropathy. Is it because your blood glucose levels have come down so much?

A Brittish study, published in Diabetologia (2007) suggests that diabetics are deficient in vitamin B1.

Thornalley PJ, Babaei-Jadedi R, Al Ali H, et al. High prevalence of low plasma thiamine concentration in diabetes linked to a marker of vascular disease. Diabetologia 2007 Aug 4;

http://tinyurl.com/2zd6eh

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6935482.stm

German doctors recommended benfotiamine for diabetics in the Annual Meeting of the Diabetes Association in May 2007 in Hamburg (Tagung der Deutschen Diabetes-Gesellschaft DDG).

Also Hungarian diabetes specialts seem to recommend benfotiamine

http://tinyurl.com/3yg55k

http://tinyurl.com/2pdkp5