Posted by KaraS on August 15, 2004, at 22:04:25
In reply to Re: Niacinamide and allergic response - Larry » KaraS, posted by Larry Hoover on August 15, 2004, at 20:08:47
> > You wrote in a post from the archives:
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> > "Niacinamide down-regulates histamine synthesis, and also blocks mast-cell degranulation (histamine release). It also, coincidentally, is an agonist at GABA receptors."
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> > How much niacinamide should one take to prevent allergic responses (such as cholinergic urticaria)? I'm currently taking 150 mg. of it in my multiple and B-complex with no other niacin, which I'm assuming isn't very much.
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> No, you could take much more than that. I'd set the upper limit at around 2,000 mg/day.
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> > Would the dosage you're recommending make me too mellow or relaxed due to the GABAergic activity? (I'm already far to mellow).
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> It might make you more mellow, but maybe that's the West Coast thingie?
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> > There's more that you've written about niacinamide since you got back from vacation but I can't seem to find it... so I don't remember if this is all that I wanted to ask you about it. Do you remember who you replied to about this or what you said so I can find that post? You've only been back a day - don't know why I can't find it. If not, I'm sure the issue will surface again in the future.
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> > Kara
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> I posted a lot of posts over on the Larry board, errr, alternative board. I don't recall which one it was that mentioned niacinamide.
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> Lar
Thanks. I meant to post this on the "Larry board". I just forgot where I was. (My, aren't we getting a big head since we got back from vacation?)-K
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