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this should be in the progranda thread

Don't Take Niacin for Heart Health, Docs Warn
Niacin, or vitamin B3, is too dangerous and should not be used routinely by people looking to control their cholesterol levels or prevent heart disease, doctors say. The warning comes following recent evidence showing the vitamin does not reduce heart attacks or strokes, and instead is linked to an increased risk of bleeding, diabetes and death.

Niacin has long been used to increase people's levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or the "good" cholesterol, and has been a major focus of research into heart disease prevention for several decades. However, clinical trials have not shown that taking niacin in any form actually prevents heart problems. Considering the alarming side effects of niacin, researchers now say the vitamin shouldn't even be prescribed anymore.

"There might be one excess death for every 200 people we put on niacin," said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, a cardiologist and chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "With that kind of signal, this is an unacceptable therapy for the vast majority of patients." [8 Tips for Healthy Aging]

https://www.livescience.com/46839-dange ... iacin.html

Interesting, this actually has nothing to do with niacin but rather the big pharma versions of the vitamin. Same old tricks

The researchers found that using long-acting niacin to raise the HDL cholesterol level did not result in reducing heart attacks, strokes or deaths

The results were presented prior to publication last year, after which the manufacturer of the niacin medication used in the study, Merck & Co., said it would stop selling the drug.

Niacin isn't a drug

Saw wrote:Interesting, this actually has nothing to do with niacin but rather the big pharma versions of the vitamin. Same old tricks

Niacin isn't a drug

why not a drug>? cause drugs needs RXs??
so meth isnt a drug either?


mostly everyting you take in is a drug
drug(n):medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
Nothing wrong with B3/niacin...but why does flush not happen all the time
why do i get the flush only sometimes?>