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Niacin supplements linked to greater risk of heart attacks and strokes (www.newscientist.com)
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[โ€“] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I made the mistake of taking a niacin tablet from my parents' medicine cabinet when I was 13 or so. Thereafter, my metabolism went into such overdrive that my skin began to burn from the heat, I flushed throughout my body, and my heart began to POUND in my ears. I went into a panic over it while my parents laughed at me, but the effect went away maybe 20 minutes later.

[โ€“] leanleft@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

i think the flushing is from prostaglandin

[โ€“] htrayl@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

The flush is well known in niacin.