Re: need advise...I'm burning up

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Niacin does give some people a flush. It's uncomfortable and alarming, but

not dangerous.

There is a non-flush variety of niacin, if you need to take it.

Bertta

[Guest guest]

Hi, Pam...Yes,it was Niacin. I'm feeling better. I'm sitting here with an

instant Florida sunburn from head to toe and emitting enough heat to melt ice

and itchy on top of it all! I paniced because my husband is not home and my

6 year old is with me but it is starting to pass. I thought it may have been

thyroid related at first. I will never, ever take those again.

[Guest guest]

,

Is that Niacin ? If so I did it once and only once. It eventually stopped.

But it took a good while.

-Pam L-

[Guest guest]

Found this:

Toxicity and symptoms of high intake

Nicotinic acid, but not nicotinamide in doses larger than 200 mg causes

flushing by dilating the blood vessels, which can also cause the blood

pressure to drop.

These flushes are normally harmless. Large dosages can also cause itching,

elevated blood glucose, peptic ulcers and liver damage

http://www.anyvitamins.com/vitamin-b3-niacin-info.htm

How much did you take ?

-Pam L-

[Guest guest]

Found this:

Toxicity and symptoms of high intake

Nicotinic acid, but not nicotinamide in doses larger than 200 mg causes

flushing by dilating the blood vessels, which can also cause the blood

pressure to drop.

These flushes are normally harmless. Large dosages can also cause itching,

elevated blood glucose, peptic ulcers and liver damage

http://www.anyvitamins.com/vitamin-b3-niacin-info.htm

How much did you take ?

-Pam L-

[Guest guest]

Found this:

Toxicity and symptoms of high intake

Nicotinic acid, but not nicotinamide in doses larger than 200 mg causes

flushing by dilating the blood vessels, which can also cause the blood

pressure to drop.

These flushes are normally harmless. Large dosages can also cause itching,

elevated blood glucose, peptic ulcers and liver damage

http://www.anyvitamins.com/vitamin-b3-niacin-info.htm

How much did you take ?

-Pam L-

[Guest guest]

> I just took a B3 for the first time and i'm turning bright red all over

and

burning up.

what should i do?

Hi , vitamin B3 is niacin and that will make you flush red all over

(unless you get the no flush kind). Well, that's the theory, but I couldn't

take any of the B's for awhile.

If you can tolerate vitamin C, take some of that to help with the reaction -

if you've noticed any sensitivity to C or foods high in C, then don't do

that - you may end up with a reaction to that too.

Otherwise it should wear off in a few hours.

Pam B.

[Guest guest]

,

Glad you replied. Can't imagine why you would panic ? = :-o LOL I remember

it scared the pants off of me. But at least I did it long before I knew

anything about thyroid. In fact it was back in the Seventies, and I STILL

remember it clear as day. Now mind you, I am one that often can not remember

what I was doing from one moment to the next. :-)

-Pam L-

[Guest guest]

Hi,

This is a common reaction to niacin. The symptoms will go away, but i

wouldn't take it again. You can either take niacinamide, which doesn't have

these effects or you can take time-released niacin. The last time I took

plain niacin I really got sick, and this isn't uncommon. Take care, Elaine

[Guest guest]

Hi,

This is a common reaction to niacin. The symptoms will go away, but i

wouldn't take it again. You can either take niacinamide, which doesn't have

these effects or you can take time-released niacin. The last time I took

plain niacin I really got sick, and this isn't uncommon. Take care, Elaine