Flush-free niacn question - High Cholesterol Message Board

namelessme · 08-29-2007, 09:56 PM

Hello,

I'm curious if anyone out there has taken flush-free niacin (Inositol hexanicotinate) and had any decent results from it. I've tested it myself, for about 4 months, and one test (after 2 months) showed a very minor benefit to HDL and triglycerides, which could have been purely by chance. A later testing 2 months later, and my numbers were back where they started from.

I am thinking perhaps its the brand I tried at the time, as I recall switching brands for the latter test. Or perhaps it doesn't work at all. Opinions welcome.

jenj770 · 08-30-2007, 05:17 AM

I personally think the flush Niacin works better.

Mikedondo · 08-30-2007, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by namelessme

Hello,

I'm curious if anyone out there has taken flush-free niacin (Inositol hexanicotinate) and had any decent results from it. I've tested it myself, for about 4 months, and one test (after 2 months) showed a very minor benefit to HDL and triglycerides, which could have been purely by chance. A later testing 2 months later, and my numbers were back where they started from.

I am thinking perhaps its the brand I tried at the time, as I recall switching brands for the latter test. Or perhaps it doesn't work at all. Opinions welcome.

What brand are you trying? Sustained release Niacin works great for me.

namelessme · 08-30-2007, 11:26 AM

Immediate release niacin does work much better. But due to side effects, I can't really take regular niacin (it caused my heart to beat a little oddly) and it also made me quite tired. My doctor recommended dropping the regular form of niacin entirely.

As for no-flush, I tried CVS and Vitamin Shoppe brands. I'm mostly curious if anyone out there has had results from no-flush at all. Some small studies say it helps... but I have yet to find a single anecdotal report that it has.

Lord_Taff · 08-30-2007, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by namelessme

Immediate release niacin does work much better. But due to side effects, I can't really take regular niacin (it caused my heart to beat a little oddly) and it also made me quite tired. My doctor recommended dropping the regular form of niacin entirely.

As for no-flush, I tried CVS and Vitamin Shoppe brands. I'm mostly curious if anyone out there has had results from no-flush at all. Some small studies say it helps... but I have yet to find a single anecdotal report that it has.

Namelessme.

Look for study results on Inositol hexanicotinate from the British Medical Journal and European Medical Journal.
There are a fair few threads on this board covering this subject with good results obtained from Europe with 1gm/p day.

Here's one for example:
[url]http://www.healthboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=508185&highlight=Inosit ol+hexanicotinate[/url]

Lord Taff