Lipidaholics: Go over to my Lipid Geeks blog and read my take on the ARBITER 6. I am glad I am taking 2000 mg of Niaspan and I sure am not stopping me Zetia!  See why not

TD

Please visit current issue of JCI http://www.jci.org/articles/view/41651/pdf

Free for downloading is

Nicotinic acid inhibits progression of atherosclerosis in mice through its receptor GPR109A expressed by immune cells

Always suspected what niacin does to lipids is only a part (likely modest) part of its MOA

TD

Please head over to my Lipidaholic Anonymous Groups Page and check out cases 267 and 268. The first deals with many aspects of hormone therapy in a woman with cardiovascular risk and the other (268) addresses whether niacin should ever be a first line therapy instead of a statin. Feel free to leave a comment.

Merry Christmas to all ,  Tom D