Niaspan ER Information
What's inside Niaspan ER
Niaspan ER Active Ingredients: niacin, details.| Niaspan ER Dosages & Strengths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Format | Route | Strength | Class |
| Niaspan ER 500 mg | tablet, extended release | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Niaspan ER 1000 mg | tablet, extended release | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
| Niaspan ER 750 mg | tablet, extended release | oral | 1.0 each | OTC |
Recent Niaspan ER Side Effects
Posted by dennis1225 about 1 month ago
I was prescribed 500mg Niaspan in hospital following bypass surgery.Doctor nor nurse advised me of side effects which I compl...
Posted by clumbs about 1 month ago
Two days after taking my first Niaspan ER tablet I began felling itchy all over my body. The itchiness was so troublesome it...
Posted by scott123 2 months ago
I'm writing this at 4:50am as I am awake because of a flushing episode. I've been taking Niaspan ER 500mg to raise my good c...
Niaspan ER Chemical Information
niacin - A water-soluble vitamin belonging to the vitamin B family, which occurs in many animal and plant tissues, with antihyperlipidemic activity. Niacin is converted to its active form niacinamide, which is a component of the coenzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and its phosphate form, NADP. These coenzymes play an important role in tissue respiration and in glycogen, lipid, amino acid, protein, and purine metabolism. Although the exact mechanism of action by which niacin lowers cholesterol is not fully understood, it may act by inhibiting the synthesis of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), inhibiting the release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue, increasing lipoprotein lipase activity, and reducing the hepatic synthesis of VLDL-C and LDL-C.
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