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I have already had one bad experience with another statin, Advicor, that resulted in me having permanent lymphedema in my ankles and legs. Now I am unsure about Niaspan. I would appreciate any comments on Niaspan please. Thanks.

I assume you have a cholesterol issue. Why not ask your doctor for a prescription for a statin medicine? You can get the drug for $4.00 a month or less, and it's much less invasive than Niaspan, in my opinion. I tried Niaspan years ago, it wasn't effective, and I would get a huge 'blushing' feeling, my face would flush and I would be miserable. Statin drugs are very safe and in my opinion, very effective.

I have searched the literature and have not found any articles linking Niaspan with any form of cancer. Niaspan is just niacin, one of the B vitamins, and as far as I can tell, is not cancerous in the dose given in Niaspan. As for your other question whether a five year study can demonstrate a drug-cancer connection, it would depend partly on the study design. The strength of the association between cause (the drug) and effect (cancer) would depend on how the evidence is gathered.

He was also on Niaspan and only gets the flushing. But he had to go down to every other day on Niaspan. So, you may have to do something like that. If you are on a very high dose of Niaspan then less common side effects can be fever, diarrhea, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, headache and rash. But my husband is on 500mg with no problem. I don't know what they consider a high dose. The Niaspan is only really for lowering your Triglycerides not the cholesterol.

I'm new here and want to find out what people think about the new research on Niaspan. I can't figure out how to filter my search results by date so that I just get recent results.

He knows I eat healthy but that I have eliminated temporarily (for last 6 months) exercise due to scare associated possible lung cancer diagnosis (mentally I just do not want to work out - yet). He has recommended Niaspan (500). I can find zero information on the web about reducing CRP with any prescription drug. Do other doctors look to reduce CRP levels w/Niaspan - a drug designed to improve CHOL and Triglyceride levels?

Well, it depends on what kind of medication you are on. I am taking Niaspan for cholestoral and these are the side effects of it. When your body have enough of these vitamins, it flushes out of body like this. It is advised by proffessionals to take an aspirin half an hour before taking Niaspan to avoid this flush. In my case, I simply stopped taking Niaspan and seek alternative from my doctor. It is always good to see doctor in such cases. I hope this is helpful to you.

You may want to try the Niacin (Niaspan is Niacin), it will definitely increase your HDL. I'm told that if you take it with aspirin it lessens the effect of the facial flushing. Also, a fatty liver is common in overweight individuals, the doctors I volunteer with have no issues prescribing cholesterol meds to individuals with fatty livers. It is very important, however, that you get your blood panel checked every 6 months or so to watch out for changes in your liver function.

My MD & I have been trying for about 5 years now to raise my HDL (I have family history w/father dying of heart attack at 48) .Niaspan only raised it nominally, & now he wants to try Crestor.....Are statins good for raising HDL?...If one can keep their LDL down low enough say under 80, is HDL still significant?....Except for HDL, my other numbers are good...I'm non-smoker, & ideal weight, & active.....

I take Niaspan which is an extended release form of niacin. Niaspan will decrease your LDL and triglycerides and increase your HDL. I would not change your niacin dose w/o talking to your doctor about it. Decreasing the dosage could decrease your HDL. I was taking 1500 mg of Niaspan at one point for about 7 months My HDL was around 42-44 for 3 measurements. It then drop to 32. My cardiologist immediately bumped my Nispan dosage to 2000 mg and my HDL went to 50 a year later.

I have been on 20 mg of simvastatin and 3000 mg niaspan now my ck levels have went from 60 to 295 i could hardly walk .will my levels come down if i lower dose. and reverse damage. i have 12 stents .the rest of my blood work is fine.

alright, well i just got the actual report back from my dh SA, and I have a few questions about it. We are trying to do our first IUI this cycle (and we are on a rush since i just had my lap for endo, so my RE wants to be aggressive while the window is open after my lap). So it says that the ph is decreased and the motitily and morphology are also decreased... it says my dh normal morphology is 2% (normal is >6%) and the motility for rapid progression is 35 (normal is above 40).

So I was wandering about something, while I am recovering from surgery, we were going to get my husband to have an SA, i know your supposed to be abstinent for 2-3 days, but my question is what if its almost two weeks? does that make the numbers skewed? since normally (when I'm not recovering from a surgery) we would never go two weeks without BD! I just dont want to get a false answer as far as that is concerned!! thanks!

In an effort to increase my HDL, I take Niaspan & Zocor.....Recently my MD upped the Zocor from 5mgl. to 10mgl.... Last couple weeks, have had more trouble sleeping, usually waking up after a dream (not nightmares, but somewhat vivid dreams)...I've checked out few sites, & saw that statins can cause sleep problems....Have others here had sleep problems while taking a statin?........

Currently I am on Tarka, Niaspan and Coumadin for HTN and atrial fibrillation. On 1/11, Sectral was added to my cardiac med profile to aid in arrythmia control. On 1/26 I started Lovenox prior to a colonoscopy. These are the only two meds changed, with all other meds longstanding. On 12/1 I had a complete metabolic profile drawn for a routine endocrinology follow up and LFTs then were ALT 17 and AST 18.

Metroprolol 25MG to control tachycardia, Lipitor 20MG, Niaspan 1000MG, Nexium 40MG, 81MG aspirin every three days because once a day caused petechia, Krill oil, Depakote 125MG and Klonopin .5MG at bedtime. Had calcium score done a few months ago and score went from 20 (two years ago) to 19 (now). I seem to be doing a good job except for the HDL. I have been doing some research and have read that Metroprolol can lower HDL.

Alam mo ba kung saan mo yan nakuha maaring sa sex, sa unsterilized na gamit sa hospital o sa dental o sa dugo ng may Hepatitis B. Dapat magpatingin ka kasi 90% ng adult na kakahawa pa lang nacleclear nila yung virus naturally kahit walang itake na gamot kasi immune system ang lalaban sa virus. Magpatingin ka sa doctor na gastroenterologist o sa doctor na may alam sa internal medicine.

Since then nag start nako magtrabaho as a utility cadet. Last month nagpasuri ako sa doktor sa PGH at pinakuha niya ako sa hi-precision ng mga lab test gaya ng liver ultrasound which is normal nang malaman ko ang result at ito naman po ang result sa sgpt at sgot ko SGPT/ALT (KINETIC) 28.19 U/L SGOT/AST (KINETIC) 26.19 U/L Bumalik po ako sa PGH at tinignan naman ng doktor ang mga result at ang sabi niya normal naman daw lahat.

Since then nag start nako magtrabaho as a utility cadet. Last month nagpasuri ako sa doktor sa PGH at pinakuha niya ako sa hi-precision ng mga lab test gaya ng liver ultrasound which is normal nang malaman ko ang result at ito naman po ang result sa sgpt at sgot ko SGPT/ALT (KINETIC) 28.19 U/L SGOT/AST (KINETIC) 26.19 U/L Bumalik po ako sa PGH at tinignan naman ng doktor ang mga result at ang sabi niya normal naman daw lahat.

female,,tama kapo sobrang hirap ng sitwasyon ntn,,kc nakakatakot na bka mahawa ung mga mahal ntn sa buhay,,my vaccine naman oo pero hnd nman lht kaya pra mavaccinan clang lht..dpt my libreng vaccine pra d2,kaso wla ng libre sa mundo hayzzzzz...sa gabi matutulog nlng ako ang dami ko pang iniicp tungko sa sakit na eto,,minsan naiiyak nlng ako mag isa kc ang hirap magkwento sa iba tungkol sa sakit mo bka kc pang dirihan kapa gang sa iwasan ka..

Lalo n cla n walang idea sa pagkakaiba ng hep b carrier sa hep b dse. Kpag may blood donation sa office or sa family ng husband ko at ikaw lng ang hindi mkapagdonate hindi mo malaman kung anong alibi ang sasabihin mo. Sabi ng parents eh di mag clinical instructor k, pano mo gagawin yun eh ano ang ituturo mo kung hindi mo naman n experience. One time, may inapplyan ako u.s.a. Binanggit ko n yung predicament ko.

Magandang araw po, last 2013 ng apply po ako papuntang abroad, dito sa phil negative, pro 2 mos ago nandun n aki sa ibang bansa ng medical ulit ako dun at ngpositive ako sa hepa b, at dahil arab country un, bawal sa knila kaya pinauwi ako ng amo ko.. Pgdating ko dito sa pinas ngpagamot ako, sabi ng doctor.. Wala nman gamot un at di delikado dahil dumi lng un sa dugo.. Ilang beses din ako nglaboratory pro wala nman daw dapat ikabhala sa result. So madaling salita, d ko na pinansin un..

may doctor ba nakapagsabi sa inyo kung ano ang gamot na pweding inumin para matanggal yong virus sa dugo at mag non-reactive ult sa HBsAg...alam ba nyo ang tungkol sa essential forte magtanong kayo sa doctor nyo kung makakatulong yun na mag non reactive sa hepa B or HBsAg..laki sagabal ng hepa B sa pag aaply ng work eh...kagaya ko nurse ako pero d makapagwork sa hospital xe may hepa B ako..

Hi james base sa question about work condition. yes may pagasa kasi dito sa pinas ang niririquired lang kasi is general test lang wlang anti body test. depende un sa papasukin mo ring work.. pag magwowork ka sa mga food industry required tlga yon kasi gsto nila makasigurado na healthy ka kasi may posibilty na mahawaan tru blood lalo na pag nasagutan ka. pagwowork ka naman sa abroad maliit ang chance mo kasi dadaan ka sa mga detailed laboratory test...

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