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What Are The Side Effects Of Taking Niacin And Statins?
Nicotinic acid, the water-soluble vitamin also known as niacin, has been used for many years as a
Niacin lowers total and LDL
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Memory loss, confusion, increased diabetes risk possible side effects...
The FDA recently announced increased safety warnings for those taking cholesterol lowering drugs, saying that they can cause memory loss,... Read more »
Niacin: Myths and Facts
For a simple, available treatment that can dramatically reduce risk for heart attack, niacin has suffered more than its share of knocks,... Read more »
Cholesterol-lowering Statins Not Linked to Cancer
A number of news reports published yesterday implied that taking statins may raise the risk of cancer. At least 11 million Americans take... Read more »
No-Flush Niacin
What nutritional supplement increases "good" HDL cholesterol 10-20 mg/dl, reduces triglycerides, reduces small LDL particles (the number... Read more »
Menopausal Women Taking Statins May Increase Their Risk for Type 2...
Every year that passes reinforces to me (and many of my friends) that our bodies are systems. Tinker with one part (such as taking a drug)... Read more »
From Our Sources
Q&A: Dealing with the gastrointestinal side effects of statins...
Dr. Thomas Stuttaford of the London Times offers advice to a woman whose husband is plagued by gastrointestinal side effects from statin use. Besides... Read more »
Clinical trial: Niacin plus statins to prevent heart disease
This is a study to determine whether raising "good" cholesterol with a niacin-based drug while lowering "bad" cholesterol with a statin can prevent... Read more »
Clinical trial: Niacin+statins to prevent heart disease
This is a study to determine whether raising good cholesterol with a drug based on the vitamin niacin while lowering bad cholesterol with a statin... Read more »
Red yeast rice may help those who can't take statins
In a new study, Pennsylvania researchers found that a commercially available red yeast rice product significantly decreased the cholesterol in 62... Read more »
Statins Don't Work Equally in Men and Women: Experts
Millions of Americans--both men and women--take statins to lower their cholesterol. But experts say that though there is an abundance of evidence... Read more »
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