Immediate-release niacin can cause massive pruritus (itching) and a sensation of the body burning. — Whalespan
Immediate-release niacin can cause massive pruritus (itching) and a sensation of the body burning.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“listen if you get not only flushing but massive pruritus can occur when you use immediately it's a scary phenomenon to a layman who experiences that who hasn't been warned I remember a call I got early in my practice like at 2:00 in the morning the guy thought he was gonna die he had dialed 9-1-1 because he just had an extensive pyretic reaction and he felt his whole body was on fire if he'd had a swimming pool he would have jumped into it but he co cuz he just thought his body was burning up and I just said you're gonna think I'm crazy shew two aspirins and just call me back in an hour it'll be gone”