Niacin flush

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Ok, so if you're deficient in niacin and take regular niacin then it

makes you flush, right? Skin gets pinker and you itch?

 

Because my brother can take niacin with no side effects. I take it

and suddenly my skin itches worse than if I had fleas. I also seem

somewhat pinkish.

 

I read somewhere that if you DO flush with niacin, like I do, then

you should take niacin 3 to 4 times a day, with food, until you no

longer experience the side effect. Then you've got optimal niacin in

your system.

 

I also heard that it's better to take the niacin that causes the

flush than the non-flush niacin.

 

Is this true? How much niacin should I take each day? And would it be

fair to say my brother's getting enough niacin in his diet since he

does not flush?

 

- Anna