Posted by samplemethod on June 27, 2003, at 5:25:57
In reply to supplements causing hot flashes/ allergic reaction, posted by slinky on June 25, 2003, at 18:14:21
!!!That is so coincidental!!!
I had this reaction last night, using similar supplements as I list below:
In one hit i had, (and I usually take them as one hit together)
ALA- 120mg
A Bcomplex- 50 mg each as appropriate
vit e - 500iu
vit c - 1000mg
zinc 10mg
mag 10mg
manganese 1mg
selenium 25 mcg
2 gram fish oil100mg niacin (nicotinic acid)
I dont take any prescription meds.Now after having this last night, I started tingling all over, and got red and hot on my arms face,legs, covering everything. I also felt weird in the head.... and time seemed to move fast and I just kinda anxious and spaced out. I live near a hospital so i popped in. basically they didnt do anything expect check my blood pressure and they said it was high, but then went a bit lower.
Now the interesting thing is that I got a reaction earlier in the week but only got mild redness in my elbow fold area.I have been taking these supplements for at least 2 weeks as a set, so nothing really changed last night ... i didnt add any new ones.
I dunno if the niacin hot flush is what it was. It was pretty damn hot and tingly.... can some people who have had the hot flush attributable to niacin describe it well.
Because I have been taking niacin for 2-3 weeks i am wondering if it builds up in your system and now only a little bit puts me over the limit.
A thing about general allergic reactions is that the first allergen may cause a small reaction, the second may cause really big one cos your body is really ready for the attack and goes overboard in immune response. This was like the first reaction i descibe earlier in the week and then the one last night is the big reaction. Thankfully I didnt have trouble breathing in terms of airways being blocked.
At the moment I dont see how my supplement progression has led to this sort of reaction.
Can someone shed some light on this. I believe its quite important.
> Hi
>
> Wow..HELP !
> I've currently taking :
> Vitamin e 200mg
> Vitamin C 1000mg
> Niacin 200mg
> Selenium 200mg
> Calcium+vitaminD 600mg
> Ginko Biloba 900mg
> Zinc 15mg
> Magnesium
> also B vitamins
> These with my prescription meds.
> I had extreme hot flash..my skin red and prickly...now shivering. Searched net-nothing.
> I suspect the Ginko Biloba.
> Any thoughts?
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