Jeff's Healthy Living » correcting-arterial http://jeffshealthyliving.com Jeff Wendland's Guide to a Fit & Healthy Lifestyle Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:27:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vitamin B niacin offers no extra benefit to statin therapy in seniors already diagnosed with coronary artery disease, study suggests http://jeffshealthyliving.com/2009/11/vitamin-b-niacin-offers-no-extra-benefit-to-statin-therapy-in-seniors-already-diagnosed-with-coronary-artery-disease-study-suggests/ http://jeffshealthyliving.com/2009/11/vitamin-b-niacin-offers-no-extra-benefit-to-statin-therapy-in-seniors-already-diagnosed-with-coronary-artery-disease-study-suggests/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://jeffshealthyliving.com/?p=49 The routine prescription of extended-release niacin, a B vitamin (1,500 milligrams daily), in combination with traditional cholesterol-lowering therapy offers no extra benefit in correcting arterial narrowing and diminishing plaque buildup in seniors who already have coronary artery disease, a new vascular imaging study shows.

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