niacin flush

[Fred Smith]

took 500mg takes 50 min to kick in lasts 1 hour
also my balls got a little warm so I got a little scared ..
why does niacin make me so warm? it feels good ican handle the cold better and why do i have to pee so bad? came out of nowhere did niacin do that.

 

[Fred Smith]

3rd time taking 500mg niacin now i get no flush or red burning .... wow is this a good sign?

 

[Fred Smith]

are you less likely to get the flush if you just got done eating?

 

[pamojja]

are you less likely to get the flush if you just got done eating?

Yes. Do you never google?

https://www.google.at/search?q=redu...firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=dMcRWdmmC9P68AeF_pSwAg

 

[Fred Smith]

does it lessen the effect of the niacin? cant find anything on that

 

[Fred Smith]

can niacin stop other drugs/nootropics from working? like phenibut

 

[Fred Smith]

I took my niacin like 6 + hours ago and JUST now the flush effect kicked in.. wonder why it came so late. did 600mg.

 

[TigerLilea]

took 500mg nothing so far.. how overmethylated am I :O?

I found for myself that it took a couple of days of taking B3 before the flushing started. Once it did though I felt like I was on fire and my hands felt really swollen. It only lasted an hour but it sure freaked me out.

 

[TigerLilea]

If the flush is too much or you just don't want to put up with it I've read that an aspirin or benedryl will get it to stop.

I've heard that taking Vitamin C along with the B3 will also help to stop the flushing.

 

[TigerLilea]

well i took 500mg so if i take 500mg tommorow again will i get the same effect? or should i up it to 1000mg . i really dont mind the redness and burning . How long does it take to see improvements for social anxiety or depression? weeks? i just had the burning for like 1 hour and than it calmed down and i been normal rest of the day.

I'd recommend starting at 25 to 50 mgs and slowly upping the dose each week. Taking 500 mgs to start is quite a high dose. And once you get up to 500 mg do divided doses throughout the day rather than taking 1,000 or 1,500 mgs all at once. You might even find that lower doses work for you and that you won't need to go up to the really high doses.

 

[garyfritz]

I would be very careful about taking large doses of niacin. Doses greater than 1000mg or so start to put you at risk of liver damage. See e.g. https://livertox.nih.gov/Niacin.htm