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Type 3 Diabetes controlled by benfotiamine

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maccare

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Two years ago my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's by two reputable physicians. For the past two years I read all the horror stories about Alzheimer's. Three months ago by a fortuitous circumstance I developed shingles on my scalp and found benfotiamine on the internet to cure my post neuralgic pain. It worked within a week and the pain was gone. At the same time I was reading about Type 3 diabetes in the brain. My logic was I have a product which I know gets into the brain and is purported to help diabetes, and there is a disease called type 3 diabetes which causes dementia in the brain. I gave some bentiamine to my wife and the results were immediate. Not a cure by a long way, the brain was undoubtedly damaged by two years of dementia. But the hallucinations went away, the speech improved, and I could now sleep nights. The difference is hard to describe, like living with a paranoid schizophrenic compared to a relatively normal person. We can now carry on a conversation although she still has trouble with vocabulary. Her sense of time is getting better. During the Alzheimer phase, I had to keep asking who I was, for a week I was her father who has been gone for 50 years. When we went out to dinner she asked if I was married. I would say the current state is now tolerable. Without benfotiamine it would be intolerable. The current dosage is six 250 mg tablets a day. By accident I used some 100 mg tablets and the symptoms started coming back. Benfotiamine seems to clear the body in around 5 hours. I am still experimenting with dosage. She was labeled as a Type 2 diabetic many years ago, but we have not followed any particular Type 2 diet protocol. I just finished a week of testing her blood glucose with the meter, and she is in the high acceptable range of blood glucose. Lab test was HbA1c of 6.2. I was looking for a link between Type 2 and Type 3 diabetes - haven't found it yet.
 
My sincere apologies if I'm wrong, but this sounds like an ad for YOUR new "wonder drug". If it's not, why did you give a random drug to your already ill wife? Imagine the consequences had this proven fatal.

*Note to forum moderators: If my reply offends the OP, I duly accept that it should be removed, as this is not my intention by any means.
 
Dear mrburden,

If you had bothered to check, you would have found that benfotiamine is not a "NEW wonder drug". It is a derivative of vitamin B1 which was developed in Japan to treat Korsakoff's syndrome. It was patented in the US in 1962. It has been used in Europe as a prescription drug to effectively treat diabetic neuropathy since 1978.

It is not an ad. I have no monetary interest. My objective is to make Alzheimer's caregivers aware that there may be causes of dementia which may be amenable to treatment by relatively simple natural vitamins and supplements.

You are wrong, and I resent the implication that I would give a "random drug" to my wife. I have over 50 years experience evaluating natural vitamins and supplements.
 
As I mentioned in my earlier post, my sincere apologies for any upset caused. I have looked this up on the internet but, having tried to find it's UK licence for diabetes care and failed to do so, I assumed it was being sold on the net to bypass the systems. Does it have a UK licence for diabetes care? I am interested as I suffer the conditions that it claims to help.
 
maccare said:
Dear mrburden,

If you had bothered to check, you would have found that benfotiamine is not a "NEW wonder drug". It is a derivative of vitamin B1 which was developed in Japan to treat Korsakoff's syndrome. It was patented in the US in 1962. It has been used in Europe as a prescription drug to effectively treat diabetic neuropathy since 1978.

It is not an ad. I have no monetary interest. My objective is to make Alzheimer's caregivers aware that there may be causes of dementia which may be amenable to treatment by relatively simple natural vitamins and supplements.

You are wrong, and I resent the implication that I would give a "random drug" to my wife. I have over 50 years experience evaluating natural vitamins and supplements.
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Hi.

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/New ... -diabetes/ which doesn't seem to mention that it is licensed for diabetics? Is there any chance you could provide a link stating this so it will make it easier for those of us who aren't great at searches!

I can understand the reasoning behind Mrburdens post. There are many people who come on here and with their first post they claim they have found the miracle cure for something or other. You are a first time poster whose wife has a very difficult condition for both you and her to deal with and for that I sympathise. However as a long term carer myself, I too raised my eyebrows when I read that you had decided to try these supplements on your wife without (it seems) medical advice. Nor did you mention you had 50 years experience regarding supplements and vitamins so it isn't really surprising that folk were suspicious.

Did the two reputable physicians that diagnosed your wife know of your experiment or not? We are all of free mind here regarding our diabetes and some of us choose to disregard advice given to us by health care professionals. However, we are not talking about diabetes that affects the pancreas, we are talking about something that possibly affects the brain and to be honest, I wouldn't start giving ANY type of supplements to my carees without getting a doctors opinion first.

It has worked for you and I am glad but I would certainly advise others to think very carefully before going down this route without medical backup or advice.

I hope this link might be useful to you. http://forum.carersuk.org/index.php

It is an organisation for carers of all sorts and I know that there are many there who are dealing with/have dealt with the nightmare that is Alzheimers. Why not post your findings there and see what people think?
 
I know one should never jump to rapid conclusions, but I too noticed the "first post" status of the OP here. That and the username including the word "...care" put me on edge. The added information from latter posts make things a little clearer, just like to hear about the UK licencing of this product now.
 
For mrburden and ladybird64
Since I am in the U.S. and unfamiliar with your drug system, I suspect that if you search the type 2 diabetes forum on your website for benfotiamine, you will find 250 people willing to help.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=benfotiamine&start=15
Since it is simply a vitamin supplement like vitamin C, over here I can go to my local vitamin shoppe and purchase 120 250mg pills for $22.

mrburden – read your profile. 33 years is a long time. I am currently reading Dr. Richard Bernstein’s latest book. He is still going strong at 77 years. Type 1 at age 10. Followed the Diabetic guidelines for 20 years until he decided they were going to kill him. Developed his own protocol. Became an M.D. at age 45 so he could help others. Has very definite views opposed to the Diabetes Assn.
By the way, the word “care” in maccare in a holdover from when I used to repair and take care of Apple Macintosh computers.

ladybird64 – Thank you very much for your feedback. I am new to blogging and was trying very hard not to seem like I was selling anything. I have a great aversion to those particular websites – send $49 and we will tell all.
Yes, I have introduced the two physicians to benfotiamine. Neither one ever heard of it.
At this point I think I should say something about the medical system over here. By law physicians are not allowed to recommend anything that is not a prescription drug. The pharmaceutical companies control this country. They write the laws and pass them in Washington. They control the drugs the doctors are allowed to prescribe. They control the FDA(Food and Drug Admin) They control the outrageous prices for prescription drugs. They control organizations like Alzheimer’s and Diabetes. They eventually will bankrupt this country. Little paranoid? I don’t think so.
There is no point in going to a physician. He can only prescribe a drug from a pharmaceutical company whose side effects will kill you. I am not exaggerating. I will not let my wife take prescription drugs. The drug to lower blood pressure was unnecessary and almost did kill her.
The interesting effect of this system is the market for vitamins and supplements is booming. The FDA would love to close it down, but I think they are afraid to. If I have a problem, I immediately go to the internet for a diagnosis.
I could go on, but I think you get the picture. I like UK websites because the drug companies are hopefully not influencing them. Over here there is drug money behind everything. You can’t believe anything you see on the TV because of the influence.
Thanks again for expressing your concerns.
 
Good post maccare !
Especially the point about the dreaded pharma's.
It's happening in Blighty too.

Superchip
 
Mr Burden
It is suggested that some people with diabetes ( both T1 and T2 ) may be deficient in the B vitamins . I remember some discussion as to whether this was an absorption problem.
There are several studies that show some value in alleviating /helping prevent both neuropathy and nephropathy. Most studies though are fairly short/limited.

If you want to follow it up, this blogger (an ex Science information officer for DUK) has compiled a list of links

http://brodiesnotes.blogspot.fr/2010/03 ... eople.html

You may be interested in the Cochrane review on Vit B including benfotiamine for neuropathy. (she mentions it but I couldn't see a link)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... 252.d03t01
 
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