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What is Niacin Flush?

Niacin Flish Free is a brand name for inositol niacinate. It is used as a vasodilator and lipid-lowering agent.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High Cholesterol 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 1 0
Increase HDL 1 0
reported repair of MS lesions in laboratory animals 1 1 Efficacy_none
to raise my good cholesterol number 1 0

See all 11 patients currently taking Niacin Flush

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily 1 other daily 300 mg daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Niacin Flush (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 50%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Niacin Flush

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

Currently Taking Niacin Flush

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

Stopped Taking Niacin Flush

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Niacin Flush

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Niacin Flush

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Niacin Flush

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.