- TRADE NAMES: Advicor (Kos); Apo-Nicotinamide; Nia-Bid; Niac; Niacels; Niacor (Upsher-Smith); Niaspan (Merck); Nicobid; Nicobion; Nicotinex; Nicovital; Pepeom Amide; Simcor (AbbVie); Slo-Niacin (Upsher-Smith)
- INDICATIONS: Hyperlipidemia
- SYNONYM: nicotinic acid; vitamin B3
- CLASS: Vitamin
- HALF-LIFE: 45 minutes
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Antihypertensives, Atorvastatin, Bile acid sequestrants, Insulin Aspart, Insulin Degludec, Insulin Detemir, Insulin Glargine, Insulin Glulisine, Pitavastatin, Rosuvastatin, Selenium - PREGNANCY: Where niacin is co-administered with a statin, refer to the pregnancy category for the statin
- See adverse reactions attributed to class:
Vitamin
Contra-indicated in patients with active liver or peptic ulcer disease, or arterial bleeding.
Simcor is niacin and simvastatin.
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