Niacin and Acid Reflux: What Users Say

• Tra...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 16, 2014

For High Cholesterol "Posted about a year ago here after I first started a 500 mg nightly regimen of Niaspan. For a while, it appeared as though I would not have the usual side effect of burning skin. However, the acid reflux I began experiencing began to worsen over time along with gastric problems at night. Then, as an active person who is involved in teaching cardio boxing classes, I began to experience weird feelings in my chest along with a more pronounced heartbeat during and after exercise. Felt like I swallowed a basketball at times. Also could not have any alcohol, beer, or wine while taking this. I decided to stop taking it in fear of creating an arrhythmia or stroke during my exercise, which also is my job. This is day one off of it and I feel better."

• Tra...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 16, 2014

For High Cholesterol "Posted about a year ago here after I first started a 500 mg nightly regimen of Niaspan. For a while, it appeared as though I would not have the usual side effect of burning skin. However, the acid reflux I began experiencing began to worsen over time along with gastric problems at night. Then, as an active person who is involved in teaching cardio boxing classes, I began to experience weird feelings in my chest along with a more pronounced heartbeat during and after exercise. Felt like I swallowed a basketball at times. Also could not have any alcohol, beer, or wine while taking this. I decided to stop taking it in fear of creating an arrhythmia or stroke during my exercise, which also is my job. This is day one off of it and I feel better."

• Tra...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 18, 2014

For High Cholesterol "Off it completely for 2 days now. Acid reflux much better and, more importantly, no pronounced heartbeats or racing. Feeling normal again, thank God. I truly believe, after my experience with both Niaspan and Crestor, that they actually starve your heart of the oxygen it needs if you're an athlete. Heart rate problems or potential arrhythmias may not be revealed in people who have more sedentary lifestyles. The fact that the new recommendation is to stack CoQ10 with the statins should prove that they can rob your heart of energy when you work it hard during intense exercise."