Drug Ratings for NICOLARAverage Rating: 5.0 (3 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NICOLAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | High cholesterol | Crap, please delete this one and the two above, I meant to submit all this for regular niacin. | Crap, please delete this one and the two above, I meant to submit all this for regular niacin. | M | 29 | 2.5 years | 10/21/2006 | 5 | High cholesterol | Facial flushing. Was rather uncomfortable. Regularly spraying myself in the face with a spray-bottle full of water whenever it got to be too much seemed to counter-act this sufficiently. | I was on 250 mg daily, after my mother took the stuff and had a positive experience. This seriously worked. In conjunction with some prescription medication changes and some minor life-style and dietary adjustments, my total cholesterol went down from over 200 down to 116. My mid-30s HDL stayed about the same, although now it is up to 43. I am currently down to 120 mg of niacin a day (100 mg as part of a B-complex multivitamin and 20 mg from a daily Centrum), and my cholesterol is still good. I highly recommend you give niacin a try. It's cheap, effective, and over the counter, and while the flushing to the face is uncomfortable it's not unbearable. I do recommend you take it with food though. | M | 29 | 2.5 years | 10/21/2006 | 5 | High cholesterol | Facial flushing. Was rather uncomfortable. Regularly spraying myself in the face with a spray-bottle full of water whenever it got to be too much seemed to counter-act this sufficiently. | I was on 250 mg daily, after my mother took the stuff and had a positive experience. This seriously worked. In conjunction with some prescription medication changes and some minor life-style and dietary adjustments, my total cholesterol went down from over 200 down to 116. My mid-30s HDL stayed about the same, although now it is up to 43. I am currently down to 120 mg of niacin a day (100 mg as part of a B-complex multivitamin and 20 mg from a daily Centrum), and my cholesterol is still good. I highly recommend you give niacin a try. It's cheap, effective, and over the counter, and while the flushing to the face is uncomfortable it's not unbearable. I do recommend you take it with food though. | M | 29 | 2.5 years | 10/21/2006 |
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