One-quarter of people taking niacin and statins as part of a four-year-long heart study dropped out early, often for medical reasons tied to niacin's side effects, a new study suggests. Previous ...

The niacin skin flush response is a simple, non‐invasive test that measures vascular reactivity following the topical application of a niacin derivative. In healthy individuals, niacin prompts a rapid ...

Q. I take niacin to help control my cholesterol. It causes a lot of flushing of my skin, and I don't know how much it helps. Should I stop it? A. First of all, unless it is an emergency situation, ...

Researchers have reported the development of a new combination drug that will allow patients to take high doses of the cholesterol-lowering vitamin niacin without a painful and embarrassing side ...

Heidelberg, Germany - A new study appears to have uncovered the reason nicotinic acid causes flushing in most people taking the HDL-raising therapy [1]. Using various mouse models, researchers have ...

TRENTON, N.J. – An experimental cholesterol treatment being touted by drugmaker Merck & Co. significantly reduced artery-clogging fats, late-stage testing found, but it got a mixed reception from Wall ...

The basics: Already a well-known picker-upper, B12 became the stuff of headlines recently when Roger Clemens claimed the shots his former trainer gave him were concentrated doses of this ...