http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39846 I've been taking prescription Niaspan for about 2 1/2 months now and was warned by my doctor about the flushing. For the first month and a half all was fine but one night my wife and I were reading in bed when I suddenly felt like my face was on fire. My Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:26:13 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39846?item=18775 You are not being melodramatic. I was put on Simcor 2 months ago and have had the same horrible sunburn feeling too. It has woken me up 4 times in the two months and I look like I laid in a tanning bed way too long. It felt like I had just jumped in a b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39846?item=18775