Ended up in hospital today cause of NIACIN supplementation!!

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Started taking Niacin today and took 500mg seeing as my wife and dad

took the same amount I thought I could as well and was eager to feel

that flush that it gives, I got the flush allright, but a few

minutes after I felt ill, my head felt so so light and my brain

wasn't functioning properly, I felt I was gonna die I had negotiate

the wall of the coridoor to get to the phone and could'nt talk much

when the operator asked me what I took. I couldn't even tell my wife

or dad. It wasn't just lightheadedness but my brain function for a

minute was gone, I can't even explain how I felt, it was as if

someone had just punched my on the jaw and it was 'lights out'.

 

By the time the ambulance came I felt much better, 10mins later -

but they took me into the ambulance and checked my heart and blood

pressure - which was 100/70 which was way too low as my normal blood

pressure is about 130/80 and the pressure was even lower when I felt

the fainting feelings after the niacin induced flush.

 

Niacin I was advised shouldn't be taken if it gives you this

reaction, I beleive that the lowering of blood pressure that Niacin

produced and the Brain effects that Niacin can have (NIacin is used

in scizophrenia cases) and the fact that I take Seroxat(Paxil) may

have had this terrible side effect, although the doctors checked on

their computer and they said there shouldn't be any interaction with

Seroxat, I'm not so sure what happened.

 

In the 80's I took niacin 500mg and had those cool flushing effects

and after finishing the bottle thought no need to take it anymore,

in those days I didn't take seroxat and so wonder whether that is

the link (or maybe I'm getting older, hehe)

 

I wonder if Niacin can be omitted from the Gerson and just the

Juicing and coffee enemas be done? I was thinking about taking only

100mg at a time but worried about taking any now, mind you - I was

taking Bcomplex which has Niacin in it at 50mg along with other B

vitamins and two a day has been okay, today I took the Bcomplex as

usual but added B3 500mg and BANG! Maybe eating high Niacin foods

are okay.What do you guys think? Thanks guys!!

 

Gerald

 

PS Some guys also gave advice on acid reflux and taking apple cider

vinegar or HCI, I did these things and felt really bad after about

10 days of this, my esophagus actually got much much worse and I had

burning on my left side and then my right side and then

swollen/raised tissue at the back of my thraot that I can visibly

see from the mirror, I beleive this is the EXCESS ACID that has

bathed my already weak and sensitive esophagus recently, I stopped

taking the acid promoting nutrients and took my pharmaceuticals

(Losec) and took juices ala Gerson and took some supplement and

within a week felt much better and the pains stopped. What I want to

say is that the statements that acid reflux is to do with having too

little acid is RUBBISH, and people who say otherwise are giving the

wrong advice in many cases and causing people who beleive that

increasing their acid levels will help their esophagus, actually

they could be buring their esophagus and cancer can happen at any

moment the esophagus starts getting burnt, could be 6months or could

be 20yrs and so don't beleive what others say on the internet as

they usually don't know what they are talking about, they may think

they do but actually don't!!

 

The best advice one guy gave me was to eat smaller meals and I think

not to take the HCI, his advice was correct in my view, others were

wrong.

 

My advice to others is, be careful as many people are NOT experts

and have just ideas and theories and can worsen your health even

though they may mean well, so be careful please guys, also guys be

careful in giving advice as you could inadvertantly be hurting

others with your 'advice' which is irresponsible!!

 

I hope I have learnt my lesson now.