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Has anyone taken niacin for any reason?

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Qelyn	Has anyone taken niacin for any reason?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1023 (09/23/09 04:20:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None My doctor recently prescribed me a niacin supplement for my cholesterol numbers he put me on 500 mg a day...... Well within a week of taking them I have started to experience insomnia and am wondering if anyone else has taken niacin and had the same happen..... I want to know if it is the niacin, its the only thing that has really changed for me..... I even tried taking an ambien tonight and still woke up prematurely and am not able to get back to sleep..... If there is one thing I hate its insomnia..... Sleep has always been my escape..... Meh... Q
outback		#1	[-]
Posts: 149 (09/23/09 10:43:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sorry, but I can nor be help here. I have not had this one before, which is unsusal since it feels like they have had me on everything else LOL
lyssa13		#2	[-]
Posts: 43 (09/23/09 19:54:07) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Qelyn, I've never been on niacin myself but I have given it before. What other medications are you on? It sounds like you may be having a side effect caused by medications reacting with one another. I would talk to your doctor about it if you haven't already. No one wants to experience insomnia! Ew. Also, do you take the medication at night or in the morning?
Qelyn		#3	[-]
Posts: 1025 (09/23/09 22:11:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Its actually niaspan and I discovered (online) that one of the rare side effects is insomnia..... Its in the list of central nervous system side effects..... I also take geodon, cymbalta, prilosec, metformin, synthroid, flexeril, baby aspirin, and fish oil..... I am stopping taking it right now I simply cannot deal with insomnia especially since when I have it I keep my husband up from tossing and turning.... I stopped using the ambien almost a year ago and still have some so I tried using that but it didn't seem to work which is really strange because it has always worked for me in the past..... My cholesterol numbers are not that bad at this point, it is currently 195, but my HDL is 32 which is very low..... So I am hoping with exercise I can increase the number on my own, plus the fish oil...... I see my doctor again in a little over 2 months so I should be fine until then.... Q
lyssa13		#4	[-]
Posts: 44 (09/24/09 19:51:27) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yuck, stupid side effects! I'm sorry about the insomnia, that really does suck. 32 for HDL is indeed pretty low.. yikes...but just try to eat healthy and exercise and i'm sure you can bring that up. good luck with that, dear! =] xoxo
Qelyn		#5	[-]
Posts: 1027 (09/27/09 23:30:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Stopped taking the niaspan for 5 days now..... Insomnia is gone hooray.... Now I just have to exercise to get my HDL up..... Meh.... Q
kat sprat		#6	[-]
Posts: 7 (09/28/09 11:58:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	glad to hear the insomnia has gone, just be careful, and look after yourself if your not taking your meds.xxx
hmssws		#7	[-]
Posts: 399 (09/29/09 22:00:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I used to take Niacin to help with Cholesterol......But never for BPD.....I had no problems..... General Richard Garnett to General Lo Armistead just before they died leading their troops heroicly accross the open fields at Gettysburg in Pickett's Charge: " Maybe, just maybe today will be the last day."
Qelyn		#8	[-]
Posts: 1034 (10/01/09 15:07:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Oh no this was not for my BPD it was for cholesterol since my hdl was so low.....

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