Does Niacin cause night sweating? - High Cholesterol Message Board

hotdam · 07-30-2007, 08:47 PM

has anyone experienced night sweats taking niacin?

jimmydale57 · 07-30-2007, 09:16 PM

I have been taking Niaspan (1000mg)for about 4 months now and the only side affect is some flushing when I eat something. I usually take it before supper and the flushing starts about 15 minutes after I have finished supper. No sweating so far......... JIm

music12 · 07-31-2007, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by hotdam

has anyone experienced night sweats taking niacin?

I have been taking Niacin for years and have never found that it lead to night sweats. If you are going to "flush" that will usually occur within an hour of taking Niacin and that effect is very definable as "flushing".

I do have night sweats but they are related to an immune disorder, not the Niacin.

Another possibility is if you are menopausal as that can also produce night sweats.

Lenin · 07-31-2007, 05:44 AM

I found that sweating can come with the flushing experience.

I've exprienced both together several hours after my bedtime dose of slow release niacin.

Guy1_USA · 07-31-2007, 02:51 PM

I take 3000 mg niacin and rarely feel any flushing. If I flush, the flushing makes me warm... and if I get too warm, no matter what the reason, I will sweat in my sleep.

The trick is to throw off all your covers and expose all the skin you can to the air to cool off... this means pulling up my t-shirt, for me.

Honestly... any flushing that occurs (rare to happen) I kind of like. It's just a warm feeling I get... like I'm hot. Not a big deal. The feeling ends in 15 to 30 minutes.