Niacin

[Nwnativej]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

 

[jenkemj]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

Sorry to hear mate, I’m very happy she’s stable now though. I’ve been using it everyday to boost my hdl with citrus bergamot and honestly didn’t know that it’d get that bad if you had a rough flush.

Thanks for posting

 

[Nwnativej]

Sorry to hear mate, I’m very happy she’s stable now though. I’ve been using it everyday to boost my hdl with citrus bergamot and honestly didn’t know that it’d get that bad if you had a rough flush.

Thanks for posting

So that’s exactly what she was planning on using it for. Not even daily but maybe once or twice a week. First night on the niacin and found out she can’t take that or Atleast that dose. We decided to not even play with it for her anymore though. Made me realize the PEDs aren’t the only thing to look at as far as risks.

 

[LevButlerov]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

niacin shouldn't have such a serious impact on her so fast @Nwnativej have you checked her day to day bp? diet training supps?

 

[jenkemj]

niacin shouldn't have such a serious impact on her so fast @Nwnativej have you checked her day to day bp? diet training supps?

I dunno lev, first time I had it all my veins started turning blue. I also had it on a somewhat empty stomach. A big mistake on my part. Full stomach only seems to delay and lessen the effects of the release. My niacin is extended release aswell. All my anecdotal experience though

 

[Nwnativej]

niacin shouldn't have such a serious impact on her so fast @Nwnativej have you checked her day to day bp? diet training supps?

Not as much but I am going to start for sure now. My coworker has had same response to it I guess and he had to administer an EpiPen. Said it felt the same as when he gets stung by a bee and goes into Anaphylactic shock. As for supps just

5mg test weekly (from legit compounding pharma)

fish oil
magnesium
Ashwaghanda
Plant sterols
Iron
Tudca
Then the niacin just that one time

 

[toddthelineman]

So that’s exactly what she was planning on using it for. Not even daily but maybe once or twice a week. First night on the niacin and found out she can’t take that or Atleast that dose. We decided to not even play with it for her anymore though. Made me realize the PEDs aren’t the only thing to look at as far as risks.

I don’t take niacin. I’m not convinced it even helps that much and some things we do really are just tricking the blood test. Glad she’s ok!

 

[Mobster]

It's in a lot of pre workputs. All it does for that is make you 'feel' it's working

 

[LevButlerov]

I dunno lev, first time I had it all my veins started turning blue. I also had it on a somewhat empty stomach. A big mistake on my part. Full stomach only seems to delay and lessen the effects of the release. My niacin is extended release aswell. All my anecdotal experience though

whats the reason you gave it to her?

 

[LevButlerov]

Not as much but I am going to start for sure now. My coworker has had same response to it I guess and he had to administer an EpiPen. Said it felt the same as when he gets stung by a bee and goes into Anaphylactic shock. As for supps just

5mg test weekly (from legit compounding pharma)

fish oil
magnesium
Ashwaghanda
Plant sterols
Iron
Tudca
Then the niacin just that one time

do you have her training? tracking food? probiotics?

 

[stevesmi]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

Definitely have a really good doctor look into this because if that can happen with her with just some niacin, there are probably other things out there that can cause her similar issues that she needs to be aware of.

 

[ceo]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

Bros, that's a crazy story. Glad she is okay.

 

[ROIDDERS]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

that can be common with niacin. she isn't alone

 

[2Thick]

So last night I had the scariest thing I’ve ever had happen. Wife took some niacin 1 capsule 500mg. She started to feel the flushing and we thought eh just a flush but 15mins later she went to bathroom and collapsed. I had to call EMS took 30mins for them to arrive. She was in and out a few times in that period. I checked her BP and it was low and same with her pulse. My guess is that it dilated her blood vessels and crashed her BP and lost consciousness due to lack of blood flow. EMS thought same thing. She’s doing fine today but she will be going to primary care to see what more they want to do with it. Writing this just to remind everyone on here to Stay Safe i think many of us are willing to take chances etc but our families are another story. I know it scared me way more than it did her. Stay safe out there everyone

niacin can cause side effects. need to be careful with it

 

[Nwnativej]

Here’s an update. Wife is seeing primary care tomorrow. She is doing well though BP has been pretty consistent around 116/65 and energy came back yesterday. Today she did some light cardio and a light lift. She’s tired of me checking her vitals though looking a little further into the niacin according to drugs.com it can cause syncope which is something I had never seen or heard of but the more I talk to people I know the more I hear of similar stories. Going to make sure nothing else she is taking had negative interactions with it. Her blood pressure came back about 4.5hrs after admin which also follows with the expected half life of it too. We will see what the doc says but I documented a timeline with all her vitals during the episode and after so they should have a good recap of what happened.

 

[HarleyGuy]

Here’s an update. Wife is seeing primary care tomorrow. She is doing well though BP has been pretty consistent around 116/65 and energy came back yesterday. Today she did some light cardio and a light lift. She’s tired of me checking her vitals though looking a little further into the niacin according to drugs.com it can cause syncope which is something I had never seen or heard of but the more I talk to people I know the more I hear of similar stories. Going to make sure nothing else she is taking had negative interactions with it. Her blood pressure came back about 4.5hrs after admin which also follows with the expected half life of it too. We will see what the doc says but I documented a timeline with all her vitals during the episode and after so they should have a good recap of what happened.

The flush is normal with some but damn man her reaction is very atypical. This has a lot more to do with something underlying than just the niacin I really hope they get to the bottom of it. I'd ask about having prostaglandins checked and looking into that as well as overall blood pressure issues.

 

[LevButlerov]

Here’s an update. Wife is seeing primary care tomorrow. She is doing well though BP has been pretty consistent around 116/65 and energy came back yesterday. Today she did some light cardio and a light lift. She’s tired of me checking her vitals though looking a little further into the niacin according to drugs.com it can cause syncope which is something I had never seen or heard of but the more I talk to people I know the more I hear of similar stories. Going to make sure nothing else she is taking had negative interactions with it. Her blood pressure came back about 4.5hrs after admin which also follows with the expected half life of it too. We will see what the doc says but I documented a timeline with all her vitals during the episode and after so they should have a good recap of what happened.

lets see what the gp says but I really think you need to get her to log at least foods