Posted on 11/21/2009 9:06:11 PM PST by neverdem
BTTT
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Good post!
BUMP!
I thought taking niacin with statins was a no-no?
If you value your brain (assuming you have one of course), stay off statins !
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.
Since when is a vitamin a drug?!
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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
The disturbing thing is the notion that a vitamin is a drug.
I hope that you will check with your doctor first. He/She will know better than a post on the Internet.
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.
When it's processed according to U.S. Pharmacopeia standards in an extended release formula, IIRC.
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.
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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.
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.
I had a big problem with statins.
BS! Over-the-counter niacin is as good or better than the prescription Niaspan. And, of course, cheaper.
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