Nicotinamide

Hi I have been taking Nicotinamide the past few days and feel pretty good. I thought I would bring it up here to help anyone who has tried other things to try this.

Nicotinamide is a variant of Vitamin B3 similar to Niacin -- and often confused with it. Apparently the real form of Nicotinamide does not cause "flashing" effect that Niacin does, or if it does, that is on on a subset of people. I have not had "flashes" (which is apparently reddish skin and sweat) yet. If you do, you might have Niacin that is branded as Nicotinamide. The one I bought is the NOW brand (2 500mgx100 pills for $10) but only because it was the cheapest.

What I have had is more energy, better sleep, and more focus. There is apparently a method of action against lyme that I did not know about.

There's a previous post here about it, but it switched off into a different discussion although it might still be good.

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3803011

Of course you can read about it via google (and there is a lot of hype, just like if you type anything into google you'll find its the miracle cure), but it IS working for my energy levels and I wanted to share with the forum.

Do you mean niacinamide?

oregonhay said...


Apparently the real form of Nicotinamide does not cause "flashing" effect that Niacin does, or if it does, that is on on a subset of people. I have not had "flashes" (which is apparently reddish skin and sweat) yet.

It's called the niacin "flush" not "flashing". I used to do around 500mg of pure niacin everyday just to get the flush. When you get the flush you know the niacin is working. Anyways I believe it helped me detox and heal through a terrible time back in the day. I probably should start back on it.

saraeli said...
I started taking a tiny dose of this stuff, and it's causing nausea. Has anyone had this side effect? Any idea if it might dissipate?

Niacin is known to cause nausea in some people. Especially if your not used to it. It can also cause extremely low blood pressure so monitor yourself closely.