Cholesterol
Leading Expert's Heart Health Advice: Flush Your "Flush-Free" Dietary Supplement Niacin
Published in Drug Week, September 16th, 2011
2011 SEP 16 -- -People seeking support for healthy good cholesterol from a "flush-free" niacin supplement, prepare to be disappointed - and to make a return trip to your local pharmacy. According to leading cardiologist, Dr. Carl Lavie, medical director of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA, "flush-free" niacin may not cause flushing, but it has not been clinically proven to support good cholesterol (HDL). It is niacin in the form of nicotinic acid, the key ingredient in Slo-Niacin®, that has been clinically proven to support good cholesterol.
"Many patients are lured in to buy niacin...
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Source: Drug Week (2011-09-16)
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