Is there an alternative to the drug niaspan?
Niacin supplements are available in health food and grocery stores. The best choice as an alternative to Niaspan would be natural forms of niacin. Synthetic forms of niacin are harder for your body to assimilate and not quite as effective. Increasing foods that contain niacin will reduce the need for supplementation, except in cases where an illness or problem with digestion prohibits the body from utilizing it. If you have a niacin deficiency and your doctor prescribes Niaspan, ask if other, more natural forms of the vitamin can be taken in its place. He can tell you what is causing the deficiency and how best to treat it.
Niaspan is a prescription version of niacin. Niacin is one of the B complex vitamins, that’s about as natural as it gets. Regular aerobic exercise also is known to increase HDL levels EDIT. I’m not sure what question Richard is answering, but he does make some good points about getting health advice off the internet..
