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| 3 | To win the battle | Doctor said: "You need the "good guys" to get better weapons to win the battle. He told me that right now the "good guys" are only fighting the battle with sling-shots. The "bad guys" have automatic weapons. | 20 minutes from taking this medication, I thought that I was having an allergic reaction to the new clothes I had just bought. It looked like I was getting hives all over my body. After taking a cool shower, benadryl, and a class of water it got better. Tonight the same thing happened so I came to your site. I tried the applesauce, more water, and benadryl. I am allergic to Asprin, so I figured I'd also try to take some Flaxseed. It has now been about an hour and I am feeling much better now. I'll keep you posted on my progress. I am glad to know that others care enough to post and help everyone else. Thanks. | F | 45 | 2 days 100 mg 1X day | 2/11/2011 | 2 | The usual reasons | WOW! Thank goodness for this website! I was expecting the "Flush" to be similar to a hot flash - no big deal. Awoke 2.5 hours after first dose with a feeling of needles coming thru my skin. Started at the base of my skull and went to arms and legs. Still half asleep, I started scracthing violently, then realized it was the DRUG! Leaped out of bed and looked in the mirror to see my entire body was bright red. I'm allergic to Sulfa drugs and this was the same reaction so I immediately took 2 Benadryl and drank 2 large glasses of cold water. Looked down at my knees and they were all wrinkly! Ran to the internet and found you and was relieved to see I wasn't dying! Calmed down and then started shaking, nose running, etc. Read thru your posts, tried to stay calm and went back to bed. | Scared to face the second night so I cut the tablet in half and only took 250 mg with applesauce, triscuits and lots of water. NO SIDE EFFECTS! But further research shows minimum of 500 mg -- 250 is probably not enough to do anything, but I'm going to take it slow and build up to 500 in a week or two. Geez! And my cholesterol is basically under control and all blood work was VERY normal! Would love to wean off the simvastatin entirely if I can tolerate this drug! Thanks again for being here and taking the time to share your experiences! | F | 63 | 2 days 500 mg 1X day | 11/6/2010 | 2 | Low HDL | I was warned in advance about the itching and flushing. The first night was fine, just some slight itching. I had followed the nurse practitioner's advice of taking a benadryl and aspirin 30 min. before the Niaspan. The 2nd night=horrific! Felt like I was on fire 2 hrs. in, with face swelling and "sharpai" looking skin on my hands. I splashed water on head, arms, and legs, and drank cold lemonade, which seemed to help. It was tolerable again after 30-45 min., even with the chills I then had, but I just went back to bed. I am still exhausted the next day even after abt. 9 hrs. sleep. | I haven't felt well enough today to get out and buy the apples, yogurt, triscuits, etc. that have been recommended here. I do have some 1,000 MG Vitamin C, so I'll try that tonight when I try one more time. I'm hoping it was just the Mexican food I had for dinner 3-4 hours before I took the Niaspan and/or the chocolate I had for a snack. Thanks for all the suggestions. I hope this jump starts me into feeling better so that I can do all I need to do to hopefully GET OFF this med!! Wish me luck. | F | 43 | 2 days 500 MG 1X day | 9/25/2010 | 2 | hyperlipidemia | I have tried other medications to reduce cholesteral which have resulted in swelling of the throat and hives. I tried niaspan and was awoken on the second night by prickly stabbing pains in my skin. In the morning my face was swollen and I began to break out in hives on my hands. Not for me. This medication may help someone else, but it is definitely not for me. | F | 47 | 2 days 500mg 1X day | 5/9/2010 | 2 | high cholesterol | itching | F | 52 | 2 days | 1/23/2005 | 1 | triglycerides, low hdl, high ldl | Intense burning from mid body up. Legs and feet itching. Felt like my head could explode. Lips were numb. The hottest hot I have ever felt. I took only two doses. The first night was fine, the second I had eaten a chocolate brownie. Have noticed in some other testimonies that chocolate may be a problem. I have stopped taking them until I can speak to my doctor. I was on Lopid before this, lowered my triglycerides but not enough. I was taking only 325 mg of Niaspan and 325 mg of asprin. | I don't want to experience these side effects again but after reading comments of others and some ways to maybe lessen them I maybe will try it again. I think I might try yogurt. The asprin I take is enteric coated. I have read that it should not be coated. | F | 47 | 2 days | 1/30/2009 | 1 | to raise my good cholesterol | Woke up feeling like my skin was literally ON FIRE. Felt completely out of control and more sick than ever before in my life. Passed out 3 times trying to get help, hit head. Absolutely terrified to take it ever again. | Considering my overall cholesterol isn't even high, just had a low good cholesterol reading-I don't feel it's at all worth ever risking feeling like that again. Like that one other person said-if you plan to take Niaspan, prepare to experience FEAR-because Niaspan may have you on the floor writhing! | F | 35 | 2 days | 2/6/2008 | 1 | raise HDL cureently at 11 | First night on the med no problems at all. Had taken it with milk and asprin. 2nd night, NIGHT FROM HELL! Layed down at 9:30 about 30 min later face felt hot and flushed then itchy. this moved to my whole body. The tingly felt like needles all over my body, and the heat. I became very nervious, heart rate was very high, this lasted for over 3 hours. The only relif I felt was walking in the cool night air in very lose PJ, which at midnight I bet look pretty strage. I had to keep moving to help either control the itchy pain or make me forget about it. I must have walked 2 miles. Could not stand still, very irritable. It is 3:00am and I am still up, I have done a lot of things in my life but the last 5 hours were nothing but torture. | Will discontinue taking the Niaspan. Especially after reading the experience that people are having on this drug that have been taking it for years. I am sure it works but to unpredictable. Boy the drug company saw us coming. | M | 49 | 2 days | 3/1/2008 | 1 | high triglycerides,low hdl | first week taking 1000mg with naproxen before sleep, I woke up thinking the house was on fire,looked in the mirror, and looked like someone torched me.had severe itching, especially between my thighs, hives, small blisters,needed to go to doctor and started on prednisone, for a week with relief.Still occasional flushing in face.also during those episodes my heart was beating out of my chest! Nasty drug,never had labs drawn to find out if helped,wasn't on it long enough, but it is certainly not worth feeling like that!!!! | F | 40 | 2 days | 12/11/2007 | 1 | low good cholesterol | I had been gradually increasing the tablet strength over the previous 2 weeks. Started taking the 750mg tablet and after the second day, having taking the tablet about 11.00pm, I woke up at 1.30am with burning legs face and back and I was feeling very very uncomfortable. I went to the bathroom, and noticed that I was like a lobster, red all over, akin to bad sunburn. My face was also puffed up slightly. I felt really unwell and suffered loose bowels. At one point I thought I was going to pass out. It wore off after about 40 mins. I have stopped taking the tablets and waiting to see my doctor | I wouldnt want to take this tablet again. The side effects are very severe. This is NOT slight flushing as mentioned by the doctor, pharmacist and drug information leaflet | M | 51 | 2 days 750 1X day | 5/19/2010 | 1 | cholesterol | heat flash, tingling, itching | this stuff is available over the counter | M | 46 | 2 days 15 mg 2X day | 7/10/2010 | 1 | high col | Burning skin and extreme itching that lasted for 4 hour's. I chewed 14 325mg asprin that may have helped. I could not sleep my heart raced. I had to itch and inter my pool for releif. I will NOT take any more, I'd rather have a heart attack. | M | 50 | 2 days 500 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 1 | High cholesterol | For 2 nights I had such severe leg cramps I thought I'd never walk again; also my bp bottomed out; scary. No drug is worth this. As I sit here now, my calf muscles are still sore. I'm sticking with diet and exercise - cheap and effective. | F | 67 | 2 days 500 mg 1X day | 8/6/2010 | 1 | high tri/low hdl | had horrid pain/burning on mid thigh first night, couldn't sleep. next day my leg began to swell from mid thigh to knee, pain was worse, couldn't walk too painful, couldn't sleep, pain from hip to toes. swelling spredding,thigh began to feel numb.. | i called my dr to report i was having a reaction to the niaspan er, she said it wasn't because of the medication and must be something else,to go in the next day and she'd explain to why it wasn't. the problem started an hour after taking the first dose of niaspan and got worse after the second dose. i stopped taking the niaspan three days ago and the swelling/pain is slowly beginning to lessen. still can't sleep due to the severe pain in my thigh/leg, can't walk much or the pain intensefies. i am believing that i will feel better with each passing day. my triglycerides (sp?) level was 292, hdl 34 so i am going try exercise and diet to take care of the cholesterol problems. | F | 62 | 2 days 500 mg 1X day | 10/2/2010 | 1 | It almost killed me. | My hemoglobin level was less than 5. Normal is over 14 for a male. I had to spend 5 days in the hospital just to survive. | This drug is very unsafe and must be taken off the market before it kills anyone. | M | 57 | 2 days 20mg 1X day | 10/23/2010 | 1 | low hdl | Woke 2 hours after taking drug. I was burning and itching! looked in the mirror and I was red and puffy. I took a shower and drank alot of water. Then I started shivering and I made myself vomit, and drank a whole bunch more water. Symptoms subsided in about an hour. | Unless you really need to, don't take this stuff! Ask your doctor about the real side effeccts! | M | 33 | 2 days 500 1X day | 11/15/2010 | 1 | for high cholesterol | Bone loss in my jaw | F | 33 | 2 days 1500 | 4/13/2014 | 5 | for my cholesterol | When I first start taking niaspan I had real bad flashing from head to toe. I then read the pamplet n I started taking niaspan the right way n now I don't have no problems any more I am doing good now. | F | 47 | 1 days 500mg | 9/1/2014 | 5 | chlosterol | Flushing | F | 73 | 1 days 1000mg | 7/20/2015 | 4 | lower ldl | First night on medication...took it in the afternoon, slight flushing at dinner. I am type 2 diabetic trying to maintain good control. Anyone have any problems with elevated sugars while on Niaspan? | F | 42 | 1 days | 3/16/2008 |