Acute poisoning with Potter's Asthma Remedy.

determine the erythrocyte transketolase (ETK) activity or thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) effect on admission, or thiamine excretion. Tanphaichitr et a13 state that thiamine excretion alone is not a good index of the state of thiamine nutrition in an individual subject. The absence of cardiac and central nervous system manifestations may be explained partially by the fact that the patient restricted drinking and did not increase the amount of physical exercise that she took. The potential threat of dry and wet beriberi should be kept in mind if a patient begins a strict slimming diet. Multivitamin preparations are indicated in treating the condition, but a reasonably composed diet is of primary importance.