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What is Vitamin B3 (Niacin)?

Vitamin B3, niacin, is used with diet changes (restriction of cholesterol and fat intake) to reduce the amount of cholesterol and certain fatty substances in your blood.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 16 0
Other 15 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 9 2 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
High Cholesterol 7 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 4 0
Fatigue 3 0

See all 58 patients currently taking Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 3
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

Burning sensation in skin 1
Unbearable stinging all over 1
Jittery feeling 1
asprin before 1
Antsy 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B3 (Niacin). See all 18 dosages ►

  25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily 1,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 9 Number of Patients: 9 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 17 Number of Patients: 17 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B3 (Niacin) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7   Other: 39%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 22%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 17%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 11%
Expense 2   Expense: 11%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 6%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 6%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

Always
 6 55%
Usually
 4 36%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

Very
 1 9%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 9%
Not at all
 9 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 100%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.