With flush Niacin if you get a flush reaction is likely you’re low on Melatonin.
If you aren’t taking enough Niacin to get a flush, you aren’t taking enough to do anything about cholesterol, the effective range is 2000mg + depending on your weight. However, once you are taking Niacin regularly, the flush is much less, that never was the problem for me. It was my stomach that couldn’t hack it, eventually. I kept at it for 6 or 7 years stubbornly, and I squeeked decent numbers on my cholesterol, but just at the edge. Frankly, the numbers they recommend/want are too low for your brain function and other aspects. But, I just had to take a break to let my ulcer heal.. and I didn’t have the side effects I expected from the Pravastatin so that was that. Part of that was I was taking half the dose on the bottle for years before I noticed my error. LOL, but my numbers kept being high.. so this is why I decided to quit fighting that.
Now I feel the impact of it taking the full dose.. in my arms and in morning cramps on occasion. But, I am taking too many other things that are tummy aggressive to go back. Melatonin isn’t on my list, and it won’t be. I did play with Valarian as a sleep aid.. but too strong. Wooo.. drunk in the morning, almost 24 hours to escape entirely, but it did break up the leg cramps which I just happened to have that morning and shook off easily.