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Is Niacor A Good Alternative Of Naispain?

Posted on Sat, 1 Mar 2014

Question: Dr. I useto take 2000 unit of Naispain, 1000 morning, 1000 at bedtime for 13 years, my insurance now change me to 1000 of niacor, ay bed time, will i have same results.

Answered by Dr. Gaurav Katiyar (48 minutes later)

Brief Answer: No significant change. Detailed Answer: Hi, I have gone through your query. Both Niaspan and Niacor contains Niacin, used for lowering cholesterol level other than treating pellagra. It is usually given with other lipid lowering medicines. Your dose is just halved from 2000 mg to 1000 mg daily. There will not be significant change in your result. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.

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Follow up: Dr. Gaurav Katiyar (1 hour later)

Dr. I been taking Niacor for two weeks, 500 in am, with yogret,500 pm, and i still get up set stomach, inever had this problem with niaspan. i read on Goodrx on web, that the genric replacement for niaspan, is nican ER, i called blue cross and they only show niacor, If i was to ask my Dr, for Niacin ER, does it have same ingrent as niaspan? also on web they talk about slow nican,nilipan, these drugs are over the counter, is it agood idea to stop nicor and change to aover the counter? XXXX

Answered by Dr. Gaurav Katiyar (10 hours later)

Brief Answer: Niaspan is extended release niacin Detailed Answer: Hi, Thanks for the follow up. Niaspan, which you were taking was extended release(ER) niacin. Now Niacor, it also contains Niacin but is not ER. This is why it is causing stomach upset, as you are not able to tolerate it. It is advised to take Niacin with food to prevent the stomach upset. Yes, Niacor ER and Niaspan both are extended release Niacin. You can continue with Niacor ER or may shift to generic form available over the counter. There will not be any problem. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E