"Vitamin B" for those who haven't taken too many five hour energies and experienced heart palpitations.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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Niacin is Vitamin B3. There are 7 other B vitamins.
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.
i think the flushing is from prostaglandin
The flush is well known in niacin.