B VITAMIN COMPLEX IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Abstract

The spectrum of the nervous system diseases in which administration of B vitamins is pathogenetically justified, especially thiamine, pyridoxine and cyanocobalamin, is varied. The diseases include dysmetabolic, toxic, infectious lesions of the central and peripheral nervous system, neurological manifestation of degenerative spine diseases, and pain syndromes. B-group vitamins possess neuroprotective and analgesic properties, can be combined with other pharmacological classes of drugs, thus allowing to achieve a positive therapeutic effect with a lower dose of those and reducing the risk of adverse effects.

Keywords

• polyneuropathy
• pain
• neuropathic pain
• alcoholism
• demyelination
• b-group vitamins
• thiamine
• pyridoxine
• cyanocobalamin