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Vitamin B3, commonly known as niacin, comes in two forms - niacin (nicotinic acid) and nicotinamide (niacinomide, nicotinic acid amide).

Niacin supplements such as Slo-Niacin may cause a minor side effect of "flushing" reaction in some people (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/924.html - Niacin and niacinamide (Vitamin B3))

Niacinomide is used in "no-flush" B3 supplements to eliminate discomfort of side effect but doesn't have some positive effects of the conversion of niacin into niacinamide in the body (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?printable=yes&title=Nicotinamide - Nicotinamide).

"Flushing" discomfort usually gets worse in people who consume alcohol (possibly because of better absorption of niacin into the blood) so sometimes niacin is used in conjunction with alcohol dependency treatments or therapy.

1 posted on 10/07/2012 11:17:46 AM PDT by CutePuppy
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To: neverdem
From Vitamin B3 'helps kill superbugs' - BBC, 2012 August 27:


2 posted on 10/07/2012 11:20:20 AM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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I’m taking 2 grams a day.


3 posted on 10/07/2012 11:32:42 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1356 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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May could would


4 posted on 10/07/2012 11:33:46 AM PDT by Flavius (What hopes for victory, Gaius Crastinus? What grounds for encouragement ?)
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To: CutePuppy
I get my nicotine this way:


5 posted on 10/07/2012 11:35:12 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Libs, dems, unions, leftist scum & murderous muzzies - are like bacteria: attack, attack, attack!)
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To: CutePuppy

“Niacin flush” helps kick my migraines.


6 posted on 10/07/2012 12:30:16 PM PDT by oprahstheantichrist (The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
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excellent news. Appreciate the post.


7 posted on 10/07/2012 12:46:31 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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Good to know! I love the niacin flush. I've heard that niacin is really good for cholesterol and other things, so this new potential benefit makes it even better.

I don't mind the flush and how it makes my nose run, but I've heard that other things will mitigate the flushing. Might be vitamin B6? I don't recall.

I had heard Michael Savage talk about it briefly and was impressed enough by what he said about it to do my own research to see if he was right. I've been taking it ever since.

8 posted on 10/07/2012 1:07:34 PM PDT by GBA (The line is drawn, two choices left: We must pull back from the line or be forced to cross it.)
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Chemicals that can inhibit B3 include alcohol, sulfa drugs and estrogen.

However, the best approach to avoiding resistant bacteria is likely a proactive one. Most of us have between 300-1000 different kinds of bacteria in us, but most of the physical space is occupied by just 30-40 different kinds.

Most people have at least some types of drug resistant bacteria in them, but are unharmed because their “good” bacteria severely limit the physical room for growth of the “bad” bacteria. However disease, radiation, poisons and toxins, and most definitely antibiotics can wipe out enough of the “good” bacteria so that the “bad”, antibiotic resistant bacteria can have a population explosion.

The direct way to deal with this is to reestablish the dominant “good” bacteria. This can be done by physically inserting a large amount of “good” bacteria in the intestines via an endoscope, by enema, or by oral consumption of what are called “probiotic” bacteria, sold in stores in live culture yoghurt, lactobacillus milk, and other products.

In practical terms, the consumption of probiotics should be standard practice when antibiotics are used.

More troubling is when the resistant bacteria create an infection outside of the GI tract, often due to injury or surgery. This is more where an effect as might exist with vitamin B3 would be very useful.


10 posted on 10/07/2012 1:28:22 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
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bfl


27 posted on 10/07/2012 7:13:38 PM PDT by Democrat_media (China is destroying all our jobs and manufacturing ability. China makes everything.)
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Niacinamide is commonly used in multiple doses to roll back incipient dementia (alzheimers).

Could be a good move to take it regularly.


34 posted on 10/08/2012 11:41:47 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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I have a problem with ants invading the house. I spread out tablets of B3, outside and inside, and it didn’t help any. What to do?


35 posted on 10/08/2012 11:44:07 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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B3?


36 posted on 10/08/2012 11:47:03 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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I have been taking 2000 units per day slow acting niacin for years as prescribed
The immunity angle. Death in a hospital or later from infection is very likely


41 posted on 10/08/2012 4:51:15 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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