niacin NOW 500mg sustained release

[pelly789]

alright im not sure if i am just sensitive to this but i started taking niacin from NOW its 500mg pills "sustained release" it doesnt say flush free but i figured that it was similar to that, however this morning i took one pill and 15 minutes later it looked like i was sun burnt really bad and i felt really warm and itchy for like at least an hour, my question is will these sides be less harsh the more i take it or is my body just going to react like that every time, i had to skip one of my classes because i looked like an a*shole. thanks for the help

[hawktribal]

if i were you i'd just buy another kind of niacin. i don't know if the sides will keep up if you keep taking it, but i sure as hell wouldn't want that. Niacin is relatively cheap anyway. I bought mine at Walmart for $5. Flush Free-60 caps at 500 mg. It'll last me three weeks or so. Sorry to hear though, hope you get things figured out.

[pelly789]

thanks for the quick response, yea i think im going to try a different brand, the flush was so bad this morning it like hurt almost because i was burning up and itchy, im going to try it once more tomorrow but giving myself enough time to calm down from it before school, ill see if things are better or not and if not i will try a different kind thanks agian

[Kale]

Actually this will make you laugh, but I just realised reading this thread, what Flush Free means. I know, dumb arse !!!! But I guess if it doesnt say Flush Free then they mean it based on your symptoms

[Lavinco]

I bought some of that same stuff from GNC last week, took 500mg and had that reddness look and itchy hot feeling for several hours.

My g/f said I looked all red so I have not touched those pills since.

I guess I need to know too if those are initial symptoms that will go away or is "Flush Free" bullshit?

[pelly789]

yea i got jacked up this morning if it happens agian im going to take a picture before and after to show you how bad it really was, my body was on fire so bad i needed to take a shower to withstand it

[hawktribal]

yea i got jacked up this morning if it happens agian im going to take a picture before and after to show you how bad it really was, my body was on fire so bad i needed to take a shower to withstand it

let's see em

[pelly789]

it didnt happen today but i split the pill in half and took one in the morning and im taking the other half soon, i did get some flushing but it was minimal and wasnt even close as bad as yesterday i had the red flush in just random spots on my body tho, my nose neck traps lower biceps and lats...its weird but o well