Perhaps you heard about the study that niacin really doesn't help and may do harm. After finding a link to the article on Instapundit, I read through it. Looks like Merck conducted the study. Merck? There wouldn't be any conflict of interest here? Why would Merck criticize the use of niacin? Could they have an interest in diverting some of those patients to whatever they are selling? I dunno. Maybe they own a few statin patents. Maybe not. But I am inclined to be suspicious that a drug company knocks another "drug". Note that the story refers to niacin as a drug. Since when are vitamins "drugs"? You don't need a prescription for it.
When I visited Worf, he said he used fish oils. Perhaps that is an alternative if an alternative is really needed.
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