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2. Vitamin Once Prescribed to Lower Heart Disease Risk May ...

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   There are prescription medications like Niaspan and its generic equivalent niacin ER that deliver 500 to 1,000 milligrams of extended-release niacin that are used to treat high blood cholesterol ...

3. Excess amounts of this B vitamin linked to higher heart ...

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   The researcher also said those taking niacin for the cholesterol-lowering effects would find better treatments elsewhere, as previous research has shown niacin to be less effective than other ...

4. AIM-HIGH (trial) - Wikipedia

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   Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides: Impact on Global Health Outcomes (also known as AIM-HIGH) was a randomized control trial designed to assess the efficacy of niacin (extended-release) added to statin therapy in reducing cardiovascular events in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).

5. Nicotinic acid - Wikipedia

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   The American Heart Association strongly advises against the substitution of dietary supplement niacin for prescription niacin because of potentially serious side effects, which means that niacin should only be used under the supervision of a health care professional, and because manufacture of dietary supplement niacin is not as well-regulated ...

6. Megavitamin therapy - Wikipedia

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   In the US, niacin is also available as a dietary supplement at 500 to 1,000 mg/tablet. Niacin has sometimes been used in combination with other lipid-lowering medications . [ 37 ] Systematic reviews found no effect of niacin on cardiovascular disease or death, in spite of raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.

7. How to eat your way to lower cholesterol

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   Julia Kim, 64, an IT specialist from Boston, began taking a statin more than 30 years ago because of a family history of high cholesterol. But six months ago, tired of having to take the drug and ...