What about niacin?

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So, while I am writing with questions, here is one that I have been

meaning to ask for some time.

 

I rely on niacin for emotional stability. Sometime I take none. But if I

have am feeling blue/down, or if I have some emotional upheaval that

leaves me feeling stressed, I take 500 milligrams and it pretty much

cheers me right up. My daughter, who likes and uses herbs and vitamins,

says that niacin builds up in the tissues and becomes poisonous to the

system.

 

How accurate is her concern? Am I taking too much?

 

TIA,

 

Terri Lynne

 

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[Guest guest]

Niacin is absorbed in the intestines and stored primarily in the liver

Any excess is eliminated through the urine. No real toxic effects are

known but as you well know large doses can cause temporary flushing,

and tingling /itching sensation. Medically, when using pharmacologic

doses of 3 to 9 grams to lower cholersterol. the patient is monitored

for liver damage and related gout and arthritic reactions.

 

Michael

 

1000 mg = 1 gram

 

-- In herbal remedies, Terri Lynne Pomeroy <tlproy@j...> wrote:

> So, while I am writing with questions, here is one that I have been

> meaning to ask for some time.

>

> I rely on niacin for emotional stability. Sometime I take none. But if I

> have am feeling blue/down, or if I have some emotional upheaval that

> leaves me feeling stressed, I take 500 milligrams and it pretty much

> cheers me right up. My daughter, who likes and uses herbs and vitamins,

> says that niacin builds up in the tissues and becomes poisonous to the

> system.

>

> How accurate is her concern? Am I taking too much?

>

> TIA,

>

> Terri Lynne

>

> ______________

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> Only $9.95 per month!

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[Guest guest]

No, you'd have to take sooo much to even get side effects. I believe it is water soluble and flushed out of the body rather quickly. It is obviously doing great good for you by your own account and you should pay attention to your body, it is telling you the truth here I think ;-)

 

Janet

 

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Terri Lynne Pomeroy

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Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:01 AM

[herbal remedies] What about niacin?

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