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 ...

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Deft molecular detective work suggests that scientists may soon be able to resurrect niacin as one of the best and cheapest ways to manage cholesterol. Deft molecular detective work at Duke University ...

Sachin J. Kamal-Bahl, PhD, and other researchers at Merck & Co., (West Point, Pennsylvania) have been exploring the extent to which the flushing that occurs even with ER niacin can be associated with ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My husband and I both are taking niacin for our cholesterol. When we first started taking it, we bought regular niacin. The side effect of extreme flushing was very uncomfortable. We ...

Dear Dr. Blonz: I have been interested in taking niacin for my cholesterol but am concerned that it might be harmful. I get some pretty bad rashes when I take it, like an allergic reaction, but I ...

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 ...

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 ...

The largest-ever study of niacin has failed to show a clinical benefit for niacin and even found a strong signal of harm. Merck announced today that the HPS2-THRIVE (Heart Protection Study 2-Treatment ...

New details from two studies reveal troubling side effects from niacin, a drug that hundreds of thousands of Americans take for cholesterol problems and general heart health. Some prominent doctors ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Deft molecular detective work at Duke University Medical Center suggests that scientists may soon be able to resurrect niacin as one of the best and cheapest ways to manage cholesterol.