red yeast rice/zetia/niacin hexanicotinate results - High Cholesterol Message Board

running_guy · 10-18-2005, 04:37 PM

Have been on the following for 6 months:

Niacin heanicotinate 500 mg am and pm
red yeast rice 600 mg am and pm
zetia 10 mg am

Lipids:

tc 167
ldl 76
hdl 78
tg 65

Seems to be a winning combo.....last ldl was 94 and hdl was 61 without zetia. Zetia seems to work with no side effects.

JJ · 10-18-2005, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by running_guy

Have been on the following for 6 months:

Niacin heanicotinate 500 mg am and pm
red yeast rice 600 mg am and pm
zetia 10 mg am

Lipids:

tc 167
ldl 76
hdl 78
tg 65

Seems to be a winning combo.....last ldl was 94 and hdl was 61 without zetia. Zetia seems to work with no side effects.

Man, those numbers are low, great HDL though. Is your dr. aware U are taking all these things together, as it almost looks like overkill. JMHO

running_guy · 10-18-2005, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ

Man, those numbers are low, great HDL though. Is your dr. aware U are taking all these things together, as it almost looks like overkill. JMHO

Yes, he knows. The niacin is for high Lp(a). This dosage of niacin pulled it right into range. He tried to get me to take Lipitor in place of the red yeast rice.....LOL

JJ · 10-18-2005, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by running_guy

Yes, he knows. The niacin is for high Lp(a). This dosage of niacin pulled it right into range. He tried to get me to take Lipitor in place of the red yeast rice.....LOL

Ok, as long as he is aware of it. Can't see why he would want U to take the Lipitor if the RYR is working, but oh yeah, he can't write a prescription for RYR. Gee, with numbers as low as U have, I wonder if U just took the Zetia and Niacin would be enough? I just have never seen anyone with numbers that low, so I wonder if they could be too low. Oh well, as long as U have the results U want, guess U got your combo down......

Best wishes......

NHone · 10-18-2005, 10:50 PM

What was your Lp(a)...I didn't see it, before and after. Better be careful with that combination, RYR is a natural statin, and behaves like a statin. Statins and niacin don't go well together. You're getting your cholesterol awfully low. There was nothing wrong with you HDL and LDL numbers before.