[Prophylactic and therapeutic application of thiamine (vitamin B1)--a new point of view]. / Profilaktyczne i terapeutyczne zastosowanie tiaminy (witaminy B1)--nowe spojrzenie na stary lek.

Usefulness and application of vitamin B1 (thiamine) and it's derivatives (benfotiamine, sulfotiamine) in some environmental diseases like congestive heart failure and diabetes is described. Possibility of its use in geriatry and in pain-associated diseases is also analysed. Concise description of the role of thiamine in the human organism, its content in some food products and results of this vitamin deficiency are also presented.