Niacin is fantastic at raising HDL.
In 17 months on prescription Niaspan, I reduced my Total-C from 328 to 195, LDL from 222 to 135, TG's from 304 to 153, and increaded my HDL from 46 to 52. That's a 50% reduction on average.
Statins never provided those results in my 16 years of dealing with high cholesterol. And like you, I hated the side effects of statins.
I'm currently taking 3000 mg a day. start out slow so your body gets use to them. Some folks don't like the fluching... and others like me do not have a problem with flushing.
Never know until you try.
I am going on lipitor and continuing with the zetia. Plus of course my new mostly fruit/veggies/eggwhites/fat free deserts diet should help me turn those numbers around. I really need to raise HDL and I know thats not easy to do. I asked my doctor about niacin and RYR and he was not to sure if it was worth my time to do that but said it won't interfere with my meds. Lenin , do you think I really should also have those 2 drinks of wine at night to help raise HDL?
Note that really low fat diets are known to drop HDL along with TC and HDL. Adding good fats like olive oil or canola can raise it. use sparingly or you'll increase something else....your waistline.
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