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(also known as Niacin, Slo-Niacin)
Niacin is used to help lower high cholesterol and fat levels in the blood. This may help prevent medical problems caused by cholesterol and fat clogging the blood vessels.
Some strengths of niacin are available only with your doctor's prescription.
Before prescribing medicine for your condition, your doc... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| High Cholesterol | 14 |
71% |
| Tinnitus | 6 |
33% |
| Coronary Heart Disease | 5 |
100% |
| Heart Attack | 1 |
100% |
| Stroke | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 77% (35
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Niaspan Reviews
Working / Worked
again for cholesterol, but this makes me burn at night sometimes a feeling as though I am on fire. 1000mg
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hot flashes
Working / Worked
i've been told of the "flushing" but have yet to really experience any real pain because of it(except for one time in the hospital when they upped my dosage from 200 mg to 500 mg and didn't give me aspirin with it....my skin felt like it was on fire)
Working / Worked
working great. only have flushing if I don't go straight to bed after taking it.
Working / Worked
Badly allergic,Broke out all over,throat and eyes swelled
Working / Worked
I've been taking Niacin for several months for cholesterol and haven't noticed any difference in the tinnitus and it sure didn't help the cholesterol either.
Working / Worked
I take it for the Fibro Fog. It seems to help.
Working / Worked
It work for me I felt the diffrence right away. Knowledge on vitamins has been key for me.
Working / Worked
Nothing
Working / Worked
Elevates HDL.
Working / Worked
I have also used for many years, it helps with keeping blood vessels dialated.
Working / Worked
he uses this 2 times a day
Somewhat Helpful
I've been taking this in the form of inositol hexanicotinate or 'flush free niacin'. According to various clinical trials, this form of niacin is more effective than nicotinic acid (niacin) itself at raising HDL (good) cholesterol and lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol, to a lesser degree, while being devoid of the ubiquitous flushing side effect commonly associated with niacin supplementiation as well as decreased hepato/liver toxicity common with Niaspan.
Somewhat Helpful
dose is up to 1500 mg!
Too Soon To Tell
Just started this one. Don't know if it'll work. But the flushing is brutal
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Never had hot flashes but once I started Niaspan, started flushing. Did not dare eat spicy food or achohol after 6:00. One evening did had one drink... [More] -
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1000 mgs time released at night. sometimes I dream that my flesh is on fire and melting away. my triglerydes were high, HDL low, and LDL high. wa... [More] -
Niacin
I started taking Niaspan about 6 weeks ago when I found out my Lipoprotein (a) level was 225, and should be under 20! My doctor told me to take one... [More] -
Niacin
I take Niaspan, it has less incidence of flushing. And, I take a baby aspirin 20 minutes before the Niaspan dose to help decrease the possibility of f... [More] -
bad side effects to lipitor?
Just to add a quick note Niaspan causes less flushing and unlike slo-niacin has been studied and proven to lower LDL cholesterol.. Dr O. [More]
