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In common with all water soluble nutrients, niacin is compatible with all foods and with medication. It reinforces the therapeutic effect of the anti psychotics so that the dose of these powerful drugs can be reduced. It reinforces the effect of the statins in lowering cholesterol and increasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). In 2001 the University Of Washington School Of Medicine, Seattle, reported that Simvastin plus niacin provides marked clinical and angiographically measurable benefits in patients with coronary disease and low HDL levels.
On November11th 2004, the Walter Reed Medical Center reported to the American Heart Association’s meeting in New Orleans results of a study they had completed. They found that giving a combination of Niaspan, an extended-release niacin preparation, with a statin, increased HDL by 23 percent in one year in a group of patients on statins alone for 4.5 years. This study marks a shift in interest from just lowering total cholesterol to increasing HDL. There is a much closer correlation between low HDL levels and cardiac episodes than with any other lipid in the blood. There is no reason why the statins and niacin cannot be combined, but if the statins are used it is wise to also add coenzyme Q10 up to 100 milligrams three times a day. The statins inhibit the formation of coenzyme Q10, a very important heart muscle enzyme necessary for heart muscle activity.
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