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Niacin Works Better Than Zetia

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Q. Recently I heard a suggestion that niacin would be better and cheaper than Vytorin for lowering cholesterol. I know in that place has not been an extensive studious mood attached this. I practice and attention my diet affectedly nice rightly and wonder allowing that I ability have being better off on niacin. Would I need a prescript?

A. The meditation you heard hind part before was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on November 26, 2009. Niacin was compared to ezetimibe (Zetia), one part of the combination medicine Vytorin. All 200 of the patients in the completed scrutinize took a statin cholesterol-lowering drug, excepting some took prescript niacin and others took Zetia in adding. Niacin worked better than Zetia for cardiovascular health.

Niacin has more than 50 years of successful use to counterbalance high cholesterol. We discuss the benefits and risks of niacin along with other drugs and natural approaches in our Guide to Cholesterol Control and Heart Health. Although niacin have power to be purchased without a direction, we believe it should only have existence used in a less degree than medical supervision.

The photo shows a high-fat, high-cholesterol meal and should not subsist construed as a approval.