Re: Nicotinamide questions

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Hi Marjorie,

It's taken me about two weeks to see the results (fewer bumps and a

shorter lifespan for those that do surface; also the bumps are

smaller). I've noticed that I don't have those awful red marks on my

skin from former bumps. I know I get fewer of them, but I think this

vitamin helps to make those disappear faster too. A less blotchy

complexion is also a benefit I've gotten from it.

I'm unusual in that my skin reacts quickly to oral vitamins. If it

does take you six weeks or more to get benefits from it, it's worth

it if you ask me.

Please let the board know how you do with niacinamide. I'm keeping my

fingers crossed that it helps you like it's helped many here.

Take care,

Matija

> > > I searched the Web, this group, Medline, and online medical

> > databases

> > > looking for information on Nicomide and its active ingredient,

> > > nicotinamide. Not much out there. Maybe people here can help me?

> > >

> > > (1) I know about the nicotinamide/tetracycline study for

bullous

> > > pemphigus, but that has nothing to do with rosacea. Can anyone

> > direct

> > > me to clinical studies on the anti-inflammatory effects on skin

> > from

> > > oral nicotinamide? Is there a topical preparation that has been

> > shown

> > > safe and effective?

> > >

> > > (2) Why take Nicomide and not just supplemental nicotinamide if

> one

> > > is already happy with the zinc and folate levels in one's

> > > multivitamin?

> > >

> > > (3) Nicotinamide = niacinamide, right? Are there side effects

at

> > > doses below, say, 1 gram daily? [i know they aren't the same

side

> > > effects (good or bad ones) from niacin/nicotinic acid.]

> > >

> > > (4) What's the dose equivalent of niacin? My multivitamin has

125

> > mg

> > > of niacin as niacinamide/nicotinic acid. Assuming a 50/50

> mixture,

> > > what dose of nicotinamide is that? [barry Hunt peripherally

> > addressed

> > > this in an old post, so if he knows anything more I'd

appreciate

> > the

> > > information.]

> > >

> > > I don't know about taking it, I'm just fact-finding at this

> point.

> > I

> > > know enough to know that I can really hurt myself by loading my

> > cells

> > > full of megadoses of a vitamin day after day, even if it's

water

> > > soluable and even if there are no known short-term side

effects.

> > The

> > > body is such a complicated chemical factory, it has mechanisms

> for

> > > dealing with too much of a substance that can escape subtle

> > detection

> > > until it's too late. But, from the little I've seen, its

proposed

> > > mechanism of action is very interesting.

> > >

> > > Thanks.

> > >

> > > Marjorie

> > >

> > > Marjorie Lazoff, MD