darock_sayz
07-12-2007, 05:31 PM
Hello,
I live in Canada and the good doctor is recommending Niacin. He told me to go over the counter at a pharmacy at get either:
Regular Niacin or Timed-release Niacin
BUT NOT Flush - Free though
Some members of this board keep mentioning Niaspan, is that something that fits in the first to categories and can be purchase over the counter (in Canada to boot, but I live on the border so can drive into the US if needed) Any other types that have shown success ?
Thanks in Advance
I live in Canada and the good doctor is recommending Niacin. He told me to go over the counter at a pharmacy at get either:
Regular Niacin or Timed-release Niacin
BUT NOT Flush - Free though
Some members of this board keep mentioning Niaspan, is that something that fits in the first to categories and can be purchase over the counter (in Canada to boot, but I live on the border so can drive into the US if needed) Any other types that have shown success ?
Thanks in Advance
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Guy1_USA
07-12-2007, 05:48 PM
Niaspan is prescription extended release niacin.
I take 3000 mg of Niaspan a day. Some folks balk at the cost... but if you have insurance, I would definitely use it. it costs about $1.00 for 1000 mg if you purchase it yourself.
I have tried the over the counter niacins and found them intolerable... even at 500 mg. Lenin takes asprin to make the OTC stuff tolerable.
I love Niaspan... and would gladly pay 100% of the cost if I didn't have insurance to cover it. It's the only medication that has ever got my lipids into the normal range... something even statins couldn't provide for me.
I take 3000 mg of Niaspan a day. Some folks balk at the cost... but if you have insurance, I would definitely use it. it costs about $1.00 for 1000 mg if you purchase it yourself.
I have tried the over the counter niacins and found them intolerable... even at 500 mg. Lenin takes asprin to make the OTC stuff tolerable.
I love Niaspan... and would gladly pay 100% of the cost if I didn't have insurance to cover it. It's the only medication that has ever got my lipids into the normal range... something even statins couldn't provide for me.
darock_sayz
07-20-2007, 02:53 PM
Is Niaspan more superior in terms of the results it provides over OTC ? I am slowly working myself up right now only doing a small amount of 500mg spread over the day...first week and I am noticing only a little bit of flusing, I have no idea what it will be like at 1500MG over the day! I assume if I can tolerate and there is no difference in terms of results I will keep with it or else I wil then try the Niaspan ?
Guy1_USA
07-20-2007, 03:54 PM
There are three types of niacin... check out the topic, "Since I'm so happy with niacin..."
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=508185
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=508185
Lenin
07-21-2007, 08:48 AM
Regular Niacin or Timed-release Niacin
BUT NOT Flush - Free though
darock,
I think your doctor was being imprecise and was referring to NIACINAMIDE as the "flush-free." IT doees not lower cholesterol.
IF he was referring to the more commonly sold inositol hexanicotinoate as the flush-free, he was not accurate...it is reasonably effective.
Try the regular, if you cannot stand it try a time release. If you want to pay the most for a well-tested time release variety, then get an Rx for Niaspan and buy it in a pharmacy...it's available in Canadian pharmacies also.
BUT NOT Flush - Free though
darock,
I think your doctor was being imprecise and was referring to NIACINAMIDE as the "flush-free." IT doees not lower cholesterol.
IF he was referring to the more commonly sold inositol hexanicotinoate as the flush-free, he was not accurate...it is reasonably effective.
Try the regular, if you cannot stand it try a time release. If you want to pay the most for a well-tested time release variety, then get an Rx for Niaspan and buy it in a pharmacy...it's available in Canadian pharmacies also.
music12
07-22-2007, 08:31 AM
Is Niaspan more superior in terms of the results it provides over OTC ? I am slowly working myself up right now only doing a small amount of 500mg spread over the day...first week and I am noticing only a little bit of flusing, I have no idea what it will be like at 1500MG over the day! I assume if I can tolerate and there is no difference in terms of results I will keep with it or else I wil then try the Niaspan ?
If you are very slowly building up the dosage, as you say, you should have no problem with flushing. I do not experience any flushing at all now as my system has become used to it.
I was told by a nurse practitioner not to use the timed-release niacin although I can't remember now the exact reason.
If you are very slowly building up the dosage, as you say, you should have no problem with flushing. I do not experience any flushing at all now as my system has become used to it.
I was told by a nurse practitioner not to use the timed-release niacin although I can't remember now the exact reason.