Originally Posted by pamlynn

My doc gave me a niacin script for this and told me it might cause a "mild" flushing sensation. Well I was supposed to take it at night and I did around 11 p.m. and around 1 or 2 a.m. I woke up on FIRE. My face, neck and torso were fire engine red and it felt like someone had rubbed jalepeno (spelling?) peppers on me. I had to use cold wet towels to try to stop the burning. It lasted about 2 hours. Well needless to say I never took the pills again. I'm very leery of all these new drugs. I also refused to take Lipitor - just don't believe all the hype.