absolutely no flush form of niacin

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The niacin flush does not bother me, since it lets me know the niacin is

working. But many stop taking it daily because of the uncomfortable flush

niacin causes, which last from ten minutes to 30 minutes when one doses

plain niacin, vitamin B3 at therapeutic levels, which is between 1000-3000

mg total per day. There is a flush free form of niacin called niacin

hexanicotinate and it can be purchased at your local drug store or Walmart

for a bottle of 100 capsules. Each capsule contains 500 mg of niacin

hexanicotinate at a cost of around six cents per capsule or a bottle of 100

capsules for around $6. I highly recommend taking this niacin

hexanicotinate dailyy for the rest of one's life, and I especially recommend

taking it daily if you suffer with diabetes, heart trouble, or any form of

circulatory problems caused by ateriosclerosis or atherosclerosis or high

blood pressure. You can take it with other prescribed drugs without any

harmful effects. You can even take it with statin drugs, but be sure to

tell your doctor, since it may require reducing your statin drug dose in the

future. For better health and longevity I believe every one here is worth

at least 12 cents per day forever.

niacin hexanicotinate

>. Inositol Hexaniacinate -

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> The Natural Pharmacist

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> . Natural products to lower cholesterol levels - Don't forget niacin -

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> Dr. Murray's Newsletter , 4/23/03 - " The percentage increase in

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> HDL cholesterol,

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> a more significant indicator for coronary heart disease, was dramatically

> in favor of

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> niacin

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> (33 vs. 7%). Equally as impressive was the percentage decrease in Lp(a)

> for niacin. While niacin produced a 35% reduction in Lp(a) lipoprotein

> levels,

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> lovastatin

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> did not produce any effect. Other studies have shown that niacin can lower

> Lp(a) levels by an average of 38% ... Another approach to reduce flushing

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> to use inositol hexaniacinate. This form of niacin has long been used in

> Europe to lower cholesterol levels and also to improve blood flow in

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> intermittent claudication -

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> a peripheral vascular disease that is quite common in diabetes. It yields

> slightly better clinical results than standard niacin, but is much better

> tolerated,

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> in terms of both flushing and, more importantly, long-term side-effects "

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> . Raising HDL-C Levels Slows CAD Progression and Reduces Mortality -

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> Medscape, 4/3/04 - " Results of two studies of

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> high-density lipoprotein

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> cholesterol (HDL-C)-targeted therapies indicate that attacking heart

> disease by increasing HDL-C levels appears to slow progression of

> atherosclerosis and

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> reduce mortality ... Although the protective effect of HDL-C is well

> known, " most researchers ignore this fact, " said Henrietta Reicher-Reiss,

> MD, from

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> Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel. It is a costly oversight

> since " about half of heart attack victims have normal [low-density

> liprotein cholesterol

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> (LDL-C) levels], " ... drugs designed to target HDL-C have a number of

> adverse effects.

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> Niacin,

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> for example, causes flushing, and fibrates are associated with

> gastrointestinal side effects. That side-effect profile might be a factor

> against this approach.

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> Statins, on the other hand, tend to be very well tolerated " - I haven't

> had any side effects with inositol hexanicotinate (no-flush niacin). I

> don't know

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> why it isn't used in place of regular niacin in studies. Maybe they just

> aren't aware like when they use the dl form of vitamin E in studies

> instead of

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> the d-alpha tocopherol or gamma tocopherol. - Ben. See:

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> . Triglycerides: You've Said a Mouthful -

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> Dr. Whitaker, 1/16/03 - " The form of niacin we use at the Whitaker

> Wellness Institute,

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> inositol hexaniacinate "

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> . Niacin May Be Effective Therapy For Broad Range Of Diabetes-Associated

> Dyslipidaemias -

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> Doctor's Guide, 7/25/02 - " After

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> niacin

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> treatment, the patients' LDL peak particle diameter increased from 252 ± 7

> Å to 263 ± 7, the researchers reported. Their small, dense LDLc particle

> mass

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> decreased from 27 ± 11 mg/dL to 15 ± 4 mg/dL. Total

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> HDLc

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> increased from 39 ± 7 mg/dL to 51 ± 11 mg/dL. Their HDL2, as the

> percentage of total HDLc mass, increased from 29 ± 8 percent to 45 ± 10

> percent, and their

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> Lp(a) decreased from 43 ± 17 mg/dL to 25 ± 10 mg/dL ... Twenty-one percent

> of the patients were unable to tolerate niacin because of reversible

> adverse

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> effects. Another 14 percent were unable to adhere to the niacin dosing

> regimen of three times daily " - I think they will find that inositol

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> (no-flush niacin) does the same thing without the side effects. See

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