How do you reduce or eliminate “flushing” while taking Niaspan?
About the booze (assuming your egg nog is alcoholic): as you can see below, booze is one of the last things a person who has a problem with flushing would want to take. It’s very strange that you perceive it to help… But, besides the vasodialation, you should remember that niacin can be hard on the liver. (http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Informatio… — this page talks about it under the “cautions and side effects” section.) Strangely, it’s also something alcoholics are deficient in… Damned if you do, and if you don’t (that is, once you’ve developed liver problems from being an alcholic and consequently become deficient in niacin yet can’t take it because it hurts the liver!) All that said: I’m surprised you’re dealing with much flushing in a time-release formulation… Ask your doctor if there are any other forms of niacin that you could take instead of this one. (There are many other fo
