Niacin for Cholestrol

It works if you can tolerate the side effects🙂 FTR, timed release is best
to avert the hot flushes.

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Yep.

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Yep.

"It works if you can tolerate the side effects🙂 FTR, timed release is
best
to avert the hot flushes. "

There are issues with using niacin to reduce cholesterol, just as there
are with just about any other drug. In the doses needed to reduce
cholesterol, which are 1.5g to 3g daily, you should be monitored and
have blood work done periodically. And I'd do a search on the internet
before using any of the slow release niacin products. There have been
cases reported where this type of niacin has lead to apparent serious
liver damage.

I take 4g a day, fast acting. Dr. said specifically to stay away from
timed-release. He indicated one ingredient in particular, but I don't
remember the name.

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"It works if you can tolerate the side effects🙂 FTR, timed release is
best
to avert the hot flushes. "

There are issues with using niacin to reduce cholesterol, just as there
are with just about any other drug. In the doses needed to reduce
cholesterol, which are 1.5g to 3g daily, you should be monitored and
have blood work done periodically. And I'd do a search on the internet
before using any of the slow release niacin products. There have been
cases reported where this type of niacin has lead to apparent serious
liver damage.

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"It works if you can tolerate the side effects🙂 FTR, timed release is
best
to avert the hot flushes. "

There are issues with using niacin to reduce cholesterol, just as there
are with just about any other drug. In the doses needed to reduce
cholesterol, which are 1.5g to 3g daily, you should be monitored and
have blood work done periodically. And I'd do a search on the internet
before using any of the slow release niacin products. There have been
cases reported where this type of niacin has lead to apparent serious
liver damage.

I use a flush-free niacin (inositol hexa-nicotinate) which is not a
time release version. I have been taking the 500 mg capsules twice
daily with meals--as recommended by the manufacturer. No flushing, of
course, and I have not had any liver damage, though I only get it
checked once a year.