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Last Updated: Aug 29, 2019
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Dr. BiohealthAlternative Medicine Specialist • 27 Years Exp.General Physician (AM)
A major international study found that niacin does not reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke in people with high cholesterol, but it does boost the risk of death.

Therefore, most people should not take the widely used supplement, also known as vitamin B3, according to an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine that was published along with the results of the randomised trial.