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Try to find a doctor. Tell them you fear she suffers from beri-beri. Read up on the symptoms of severe thiamine deficiency.
Thiamine is known for poor intestinal absorption which is why the dose for oral thiamine hcl is so high. The choices are oral or injection or IV infusion. Transdermal application is never mentioned; I don't think it works. IV infusion or injection would work very quickly and would get the doctor's attention. Dr. Costantini's patients' videos are inspirational because the improvements shown happened so quickly.
Yea it is impressive it should be noted though that they also used L-dopa which is not to say that the thiamine was not instrumental Dr Costantini says it is key but just to say that Thiamine alone may not be enough. My mother is currently not on L-dopa but a dopamine agonist so I'm hopeful that combined with the thiamine will be beneficial. I've ordered her some thiamine HCL.