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Marshall Price
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And it's getting harder to find high-dosage niacin tablets. I used to
get half-gram tablets for under a penny apiece at Willner's; later I
bought them cheaply enough from Fedco (aka FDC), but the latter
discontinued them and seem to think that "anti-flush niacin"
(nicotinamide or inositol hexanicotinate) is just as good.
Not so. Humphrey Osmond, who discovered the effect (around 1955, I
think), still says it's got to be real niacin (nicotinic acid). I
suspect the flush itself is connected somehow to the effect.
I used *niacin*, *pyridoxine*, and *oat bran* to lower my LDL and raise
my HDL cholesterol levels greatly in one month, enough to amaze my
doctor, while evading a lifelong dependency on statins.
But the efficacy of these common supplements is well known. I still
can't understand why I had to bring them to my doctor's attention (he'd
heard of them already, and knew them to be effective) rather than the
other way around. It's hard to believe that he'd have put me on a
prescription just to make more money. But what other explanation is there?
That's not just a rhetorical question; I'd really like to know.
George Cherry wrote:
> "John Sankey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>niacin
>
> It's tricky to use it in doses large enough to
> get the sought medical effect.
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Marshall Price of Miami
Known to Yahoo as d021317c
get half-gram tablets for under a penny apiece at Willner's; later I
bought them cheaply enough from Fedco (aka FDC), but the latter
discontinued them and seem to think that "anti-flush niacin"
(nicotinamide or inositol hexanicotinate) is just as good.
Not so. Humphrey Osmond, who discovered the effect (around 1955, I
think), still says it's got to be real niacin (nicotinic acid). I
suspect the flush itself is connected somehow to the effect.
I used *niacin*, *pyridoxine*, and *oat bran* to lower my LDL and raise
my HDL cholesterol levels greatly in one month, enough to amaze my
doctor, while evading a lifelong dependency on statins.
But the efficacy of these common supplements is well known. I still
can't understand why I had to bring them to my doctor's attention (he'd
heard of them already, and knew them to be effective) rather than the
other way around. It's hard to believe that he'd have put me on a
prescription just to make more money. But what other explanation is there?
That's not just a rhetorical question; I'd really like to know.
George Cherry wrote:
> "John Sankey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>niacin
>
> It's tricky to use it in doses large enough to
> get the sought medical effect.
--
Marshall Price of Miami
Known to Yahoo as d021317c