Group B vitamins in treatment of alcoholic and diabetic polyneuropathies
It is describes the role of vitamins B (thiamine, pyridoxine and cyanocobalamin) in the treatment of the diseases of peripheral nervous system, particularly alcoholic polyneuropathy (APN) and diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN). Using of large doses of neurotropic vitamins contained in drugs Milgamma and Milgamma compositum in patients with APN and DPN has the experimental rationale of its effects on pathogenic mechanisms of polyneuropathies. Results of many placebo controlled studies demonstrated clinical efficiency of Milgamma and Milgamma compositum in the treatment of APN and DPN.

Keywords: Milgamma and Milgamma compositum, pyridoxine, benfothiamine, B group vitamins, alcoholic polyneuropathy, diabetic polyneuropathy, thiamine