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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 | 22 |
77% |
| Tinnitus | 11 |
27% |
| Coronary Heart Disease | 5 |
100% |
| Heart Attack | 2 |
100% |
| Stroke | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 73% (49
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Niaspan Reviews
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Niaspan working good but bad flushing.
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Did not seem to make any improvement
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My good cholesterol and trigs are good, dr thinks the addition of this is the reason.
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it improved my triglycerides
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Loss of muscle function. Severe myopathy/ neuropathy
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Lowered my total cholesterol from 225 total to 207 total.
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Works fine now at 1000mg if I forget to take it though causes burning.
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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
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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)
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I took Niaspan for one month per my doctor. Never NEVER AGAIN!! I now have new found compassion for any women going through the changes. I woul... [More] -
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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] -
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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] -
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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]
