burning sensation

November 6, 2002

Hi Trudy and All,

Trudy, what you have experienced reminds

me

of what happened when I tried to do a niacin flush. If you haven't had

a lot of niacin, maybe you have become strongly allergic to something

that you ate.

Mike

P.S. The niacin flush that I experienced felt like the skin on my body

was set on fire. I will never do that again.

November 6, 2002

Hi,

Although it's hard to say what it was specifically that happened to

you, it also reminds me of a niacin flush. My first experience with

this was also alarming, but I have since come to appreciate what

niacin does for me. It helps with circulation by dilating the

vascular system.

It has been suggested that the burning itchy sensation, sometimes

accompanied by redness, could be a histamine reaction to a release

of toxins by the cells near the capillaries, which would have

suddenly received some oxygen and nutrients. I don't have any

references to verify this though.

Overall, I find that niacin helps me with heachache relief and

relief of joint and muscle pains. As you use niacin, the flushing

is diminished significantly. Now I enjoy the temporary sense of

warmth and maybe I've been conditioned by the expectation of pain

relief.

Laurie

November 6, 2002

Did you take niacin? What you describe is a classic niacin flush.

Thanks,

Doris

----- Original Message -----

From: " Trudy Newman " <tnew@...>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I have just had a very strange experience. I took my morning vitamins.

> (I take my minerals in the evening.) Then I had two slices of toast

> with crunchy peanut butter. About 15 minutes later I started to burn

> up. It started on my face then I noticed my arms, and then I realized

> it was my entire body. Initially, I panicked and got a wet face cloth

> and tried to cool my face and arms down. I then just went to lay down,

> as my whole body felt like it was burning. (It felt like I was under

> 1,000 heat lamps.) After about 10 minutes, things seemed to be back to

> normal.

>

> Does anyone have a clue what this might have been?

>

> Kind regards,

> Trudy

November 6, 2002

Unfortunately it is the people who react that strongly who most seem to need

the niacin. My family has genetic factors for hypercoagulation, and we all

flush an amazing amount. However on heparin I did not flush at all (the

hypercoagulation was gone while I was on heparin.) There have been other

reports that the people who hypercoagulate have the most flushing.

It does get better over time, and believe it or not you get used to the

flush and start to actually enjoy it. You can also take 1/2 aspirin 30

minutes before and flush much less. Or start with a small dose and work

your way up.

Thanks,

Doris

----- Original Message -----

From: " Mike " <mikes@...>

> Mike

>

> P.S. The niacin flush that I experienced felt like the skin on my body

> was set on fire. I will never do that again.

November 6, 2002

Hi Mike and Laurie,

I was wondering if this was a Niacin Flush. After I had this

experience, I did a net search. With my experience, I had turned red and

had the heat, but not the itchiness. Okay, Laurie, I'm just going to

keep it up since it sounds like this is a positive thing that is going

on here. Thanks for getting back to me on this. ...As you can probably

imagine, I had a few panicky moments there! ;-) LOL

Kind regards,

Trudy

November 6, 2002

Newly developed peanut allergy? Peanut allergies, as I'm sure you know, can

be quite dangerous.

> Burning Sensation