As I mentioned in my previous posting, I was advised by my internist
to take 1500mg of Niacin a day to see if it would lower my
cholesterol. (I’d like to thank all who posted advice about this; I’ll
make sure that the internist keeps tabs on my liver function).
So far, I’ve had a serious reaction only once: my face and neck turned
bright red, and I felt very hot. This lasted for 2-3 hours, and then
went away. The interesting thing is that on this one day, I had some
sun exposure–In fact, I had a very light sunburn on the back of my neck.
I wonder if there could be any connection between these two events? (A
single instance of these two coming together might be coincidence of
course.) I’m wondering if sun exposure can somehow increase
sensitivity to niacin.