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B vitamin outperforms another drug in keeping arteries clear (niacin)
Science News ^ | November 16th, 2009 | Laura Beil

Posted on 11/21/2009 9:06:11 PM PST by neverdem

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Extended-Release Niacin or Ezetimibe and Carotid Intima–Media Thickness

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1 posted on 11/21/2009 9:06:13 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

BTTT


2 posted on 11/21/2009 9:08:54 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
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To: Brad's Gramma

Bump for later


3 posted on 11/21/2009 9:12:03 PM PST by Hang'emAll
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To: neverdem

Good post!

BUMP!


4 posted on 11/21/2009 9:12:17 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: neverdem

I thought taking niacin with statins was a no-no?


5 posted on 11/21/2009 9:15:45 PM PST by DB
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To: neverdem

If you value your brain (assuming you have one of course), stay off statins !


6 posted on 11/21/2009 9:19:34 PM PST by libh8er
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To: neverdem; TigersEye

I wonder if I could take niacin. My gastro dr says to stay away from vit B because of the hep C & my liver. Maybe I should look into it.


7 posted on 11/21/2009 9:20:00 PM PST by pandoraou812 (deport the port of entry president asap before he does more damage)
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To: neverdem

Since when is a vitamin a drug?!


8 posted on 11/21/2009 9:27:25 PM PST by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: neverdem

bttt


9 posted on 11/21/2009 9:27:40 PM PST by Balata
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To: DB
I had always read the combination was contraindicated also but recent thinking is different:

Despite a few case reports of myopathy associated with niacin-statin (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor) combination therapy, 2 decades of clinical evidence since the introduction of statins do not support a general myopathic effect of niacin either alone or in combination with statins.

From a ScienceDirect abstract

10 posted on 11/21/2009 9:27:43 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: neverdem

The disturbing thing is the notion that a vitamin is a drug.


11 posted on 11/21/2009 9:28:11 PM PST by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: pandoraou812

I hope that you will check with your doctor first. He/She will know better than a post on the Internet.


12 posted on 11/21/2009 9:29:22 PM PST by doc1019 (Obama, not so much.)
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Yes I will. I’ve learned it is better to tell him what I plan on doing. However he told me not to waste my money on mesosilver & now says he can’t believe the results. Antibiotics are wrecking my liver but since I picked up MRSA in the hospital I have no choice but to take them when it comes back.


13 posted on 11/21/2009 9:33:43 PM PST by pandoraou812 (deport the port of entry president asap before he does more damage)
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To: Republic_of_Secession.
Since when is a vitamin a drug?!

When it's processed according to U.S. Pharmacopeia standards in an extended release formula, IIRC.

14 posted on 11/21/2009 9:37:37 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: pandoraou812

I don’t know about that at all. My arteries should be clearing up pretty good though. I’ve been taking those 5-Hour Energy drinks a couple of times a week. Tons of Vit B-12, B-6 and niacin. YOU had better ask your doctor.


15 posted on 11/21/2009 9:37:40 PM PST by TigersEye (Sarah Palin 2010 - We Can't Afford To Wait)
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To: neverdem

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16 posted on 11/21/2009 9:38:40 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: neverdem
Natural approaches that have been touted to help clear arteries:

Plant sterols (block the dietary uptake of cholesterol?)
Niacin
Policasonal
Vitamin C, Lysine, Proline,
Fish oil

These are all natural solutions. As such, they can not be patented. A patent is a temporary monopoly granted and enforced by the Government. A monopoly can charge high, sometimes very high, prices. Natural products cannot be patented and are subject to fierce competition that drives the price way down.

Artificial, man-made products can be patented. As monopoly products, they can charge the high prices that is needed to pay for expensive testing and FDA review process.

Although natural products may more effective and have fewer (or no) side-effects, they cannot generate the revenue stream of patent drugs. The revenue stream of the patent drug makers pay for testing, jumping through FDA hoops, greasing the skids in Congress, advertising, a constant stream of customer sales representatives in Doctors’ offices, etc.

Although natural solutions are probably better/cheaper, they are marginalized and are just one step away from being declared quackery.

17 posted on 11/21/2009 9:39:24 PM PST by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress. What is it today?)
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To: TigersEye

I better is right while I have my drs. Both will retire if 0care passes. Then I really going to be f-ed. I will have to treat myself.


18 posted on 11/21/2009 9:40:41 PM PST by pandoraou812 (deport the port of entry president asap before he does more damage)
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To: libh8er

I had a big problem with statins.


19 posted on 11/21/2009 9:41:13 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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"With off-the-shelf niacin, doctors can’t even be sure the doses listed on the labels are accurate. “Over-the-counter niacin is not considered useful,” he said."

BS! Over-the-counter niacin is as good or better than the prescription Niaspan. And, of course, cheaper.

20 posted on 11/21/2009 9:43:51 PM PST by matthew fuller (BHO- Imam of the Black Liberation National Socialist American Democrat Party.)
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