Posted by Ron Hill on May 22, 2003, at 5:27:40
In reply to Re: Niacinamide reduces irritability (anecdotal) » Ron Hill, posted by Larry Hoover on May 21, 2003, at 11:14:36
Larry and Johnj,
I should do my homework before I bug you guys with the type of questions I asked in my post immediately above. I’ll briefly answer my own questions and then I’ll state my plans regarding my vitamin B3 trial.
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Vitamin B3 comes in two basic forms; niacin (also called nicotinic acid) and niacinamide (also called nicotinamide). A variation on niacin, called inosital hexaniacinate, is also available in supplements. Because it has not been linked with any of the usual niacin toxicity in scientific research, inositol hexaniacinate is sometimes prescribed by European doctors for those who need high amounts of niacin.Vitamin B3 as niacinamide may be beneficial in the treatment of anxiety. It has been shown in animals to work in the brain in ways similar to drugs, such as benzodiazepines (Valium®-type drugs), which are used to treat anxiety. One study found that niacinamide (not niacin) could help people get through withdrawal from benzodiazepines, a common problem. A reasonable amount of niacinamide to take for anxiety, according to some doctors, is up to 500 mg four times per day.
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Although 250 mg/day of niacin (nicotinic acid) seems to help my irritability, it appears from what I have read that niacinamide is the better form of vitamin B3 for this purpose. Therefore, I’ll buy some niacinamide and start out taking about 100 mg three to five times a day. I’ll miss the niacin flush, however. I kind of liked it.One other option might be to try NAD, but I'd have to read more to determine the advantages and disadvantages associated with this approach.
What da ya think?
-- Ron
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> Larry and John,
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> I've started to do some reading on niacinamide and so far I'm confused by the nomenclature. Which one of these am I supposed to take and why?
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> nicotianmide
> NAD (ß-Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide)
> niacinamide
> nicotinic acid
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> The ingredient list for the product shown at the following web-page link leads me to believe that niacinamide is the same as nicotinic acid:
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> http://store.yahoo.com/iherb/niacinamide2.html
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> If that's the case, then I didn't lie in my previous post when I stated that I took 500 mg of niacinamide because, as chance would have it, my wife's "niacin" is nicotinic acid.
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> Thank you very much for you help.
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> -- Ron
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> P.S. I took 2.5 mg of Enada NADH a few hours ago and my depression seems to be lifting. Who knows. Time will tell.
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