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wrote:

> I just got a bunch of vitamins and took soem Niacin. Ten minutes
> later I felt like I was on fire. my skin burned all over. I heard
> that nicain can make a person feel warm, but this was more than warm,
> in fact is was more like painful. I was glad when it wore off in
> about an hour.
>
> Whats the reason for this? I dont know if I want to take them again,
> no matter how health they are.
>
>

I can't handle it either...

There is a "no flush" Niacin on the market.

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> Whats the reason for this? I dont know if I want to take them again,
> no matter how health they are.
>

If you're getting the tingles and burning/flushing skin, you're taking
too much. I think the RDA is 50mg. The GNC stores sell 250mg and 500mg
tablets. That's overdosage!

If you take niacin right after eating, those side effects won't be so
severe.

The only warning I read is that too much (how much?) niacin could cause
liver shutdown.

Don't take my word for it, google search.

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wrote:

> I just got a bunch of vitamins and took soem Niacin. Ten minutes
> later I felt like I was on fire. my skin burned all over. I heard
> that nicain can make a person feel warm, but this was more than warm,
> in fact is was more like painful. I was glad when it wore off in
> about an hour.
>
> Whats the reason for this? I dont know if I want to take them again,
> no matter how health they are.

My doctor told me to take niacin to lower my cholesterol; I'm taking it
twice a day. There are two things to do:

1. Gradually build up the amount you're taking. Week 1, I took 125 mg twice
a day. Week 2 brings it up to 250. Week 3 will be 500, Week 4 will be 750,
and I'll level off at 1000 mg at week 5 and thereafter.

2. To reduce flushing (and I'm told *not* to take the time-release niacin
because it can cause liver problems), the doctor told me to take a plain
aspirin (325 mg) or ibuprofen half an hour before taking the niacin. I've
followed his advice and had no problems with flushing.

Bob

Carol wrote:

> My ex-husband had to take niacin following his heart attacks. The regular
> stuff was fierce, but they have a time-release version now that's much
> more comfortable.

Has your husband checked with his doctor (or pharmacist) to make sure the
time-release version is okay? I got a blurb from my doctor about niacin
which says in part:

"This form may produce less flushing, but it is _not_ recommended for
routine use because of increased risk of liver problems. This form is not
recommended by the FDA for treatment of cholesterol disorders."

Bob

In article >,
Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:


>
> My ex-husband had to take niacin following his heart attacks. The regular
> stuff was fierce, but they have a time-release version now that's much more
> comfortable.
>
> Carol

Time-release niacin may be more comfortable, but when I was going to the
lipid center at UCSF, the doctor told me they wished they could get
time-release niacin off the market because it is so much more injurious
to the liver than regular niacin. So if anyone needs to take large
amounts of niacin for cholesterol control, avoid the time-release
stuff.

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at Fri, 04 Feb 2005 06:33:57 GMT in <hi5601tvg5ftbm9qo7c2n9cfluhl3f1k4r@
4ax.com>, wrote :

>I just got a bunch of vitamins and took soem Niacin. Ten minutes
>later I felt like I was on fire. my skin burned all over. I heard
>that nicain can make a person feel warm, but this was more than warm,
>in fact is was more like painful. I was glad when it wore off in
>about an hour.
>
>Whats the reason for this? I dont know if I want to take them again,
>no matter how health they are.

The niacin flush is the result of 2 effects: first, niacin expands the
capillaries, causing strong bloodflow (visible on the skin surface as
flushing) and second, it releases histamines into the system. The first few
times you take it the reaction may be pretty severe but it will calm down.
All the medical sources I've consulted indicate it's harmless, although
I've seen at least one individual react so severely I don't know that I can
entirely trust that claim.

There's also inositol hexaniacinate (which is NOT the same as timed-release
niacin, and in particular doesn't put you at the same dramatically
increased risk of liver problems), which doesn't cause flushing. If you
wish to supplement, Country Life's Coenzyme B Complex formula has all of
the B vitamins and the niacin is in inositol hexaniacinate form.

IMHO better still is to get your niacin from food. Tuna, peanuts and (beef)
liver all have high amounts of niacin - about 3 mg/oz, so that 10 oz. or so
will give you 30 mg. And just think - which tastes better - a tuna steak or
a pill?

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Alex wrote:

> IMHO better still is to get your niacin from food. Tuna, peanuts and
> (beef) liver all have high amounts of niacin - about 3 mg/oz, so that 10
> oz. or so will give you 30 mg. And just think - which tastes better - a
> tuna steak or a pill?

When my doctor told me that he wanted me to take niacin to lower my
cholesterol, my reaction was similar. The conversation went something like
this:

"I'm going to put you on a regimen of niacin to get your triglycerides
down."

"Well, I already consume several foods which are rich in niacin."

"You'll need to take in three thousand milligrams of niacin per day."

"Oh, I think I'll be taking the pills, then."


Doing the math from the quoted paragraph, I'd need 1000 ounces (62.5 pounds)
of tuna per day to meet my niacin quota. I like tuna, but not THAT much!

Bob

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:33:57 -0600,
wrote:

>I just got a bunch of vitamins and took soem Niacin. Ten minutes
>later I felt like I was on fire. my skin burned all over. I heard
>that nicain can make a person feel warm, but this was more than warm,
>in fact is was more like painful. I was glad when it wore off in
>about an hour.
>
>Whats the reason for this? I dont know if I want to take them again,
>no matter how health they are.
>


Niacin, or Niacinamide? You sure it wasn't a tingly
feeling? I've had that reaction with Niaciniamide.

http://www.anyvitamins.com/vitamin-b3-niacin-info.htm
http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/FLEX/2...35?extID=10026
http://www.altmedicineshop.com/ProductInfo/Niacin.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002409.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/d...r/a682518.html

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at Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:14:05 GMT in
>,
(Bob) wrote :

>Alex wrote:
>
>> IMHO better still is to get your niacin from food. Tuna, peanuts and
>> (beef) liver all have high amounts of niacin - about 3 mg/oz, so that
>> 10 oz. or so will give you 30 mg. And just think - which tastes better
>> - a tuna steak or a pill?
>
>When my doctor told me that he wanted me to take niacin to lower my
>cholesterol, my reaction was similar. The conversation went something
>like this:
....
>Doing the math from the quoted paragraph, I'd need 1000 ounces (62.5
>pounds) of tuna per day to meet my niacin quota. I like tuna, but not
>THAT much!

Of course doctor-prescribed regimens are entirely different. I'm thinking
of somebody who's looking to get more niacin for more normal, daily needs.

Ironically, I'll point out that eating practical quantities of tuna might
well have the same effect as the mass niacin, for a different reason : in
addition to the niacin, tuna has very large quantities indeed of the Omega-
3 polyunsaturated fats, which also help to reduce cholesterol, and are
perhaps more effective than niacin at doing so. In fact, if I needed to
reduce cholesterol, I think I'd be looking at putting quite a bit more fish
in my diet no matter what.

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