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Niacin has been combined with polysorbate 80 and vitamin B6 and marketed under the name Helsinki Formula® in the 80s. It was major news in hair loss treatment at the time. Unfortunately, the Helsinki Formula turned out to be more of a hype than a real cure for hair loss and gradually lost its appeal in the hair loss treatment industry. However, this hasn't stopped companies from including Niacin in their topical formulas for hair loss. Nowadays, there are many topical lotions that are formulated with Niacin as one of the key ingredients. However, Niacin's significance in promoting hair growth remains unproven as of today. There are very few clinical studies that confirmed Niacin's role in hair growth.
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Niacin has been used for many years to treat hyperlipidemia. It has been shown to reduce coronary death and non-fatal myocardial infarction and, in a separate analysis of long-term (15-year) follow-up, all cause mortality. It reduces total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides and increases high densit lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Sustained-release niacin may be associated with more dramatic changes in LDL-C and triglyceride, whereas the short acting preparation causes greater increases in HDL-C. The increase of HDL-C occurs at a lower dose (1500 mg/day) than the reduction of LDL-C (> 1500 mg/day). Niacin ... favorably influences other lipid parameters including lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], alimentary lipemia, familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 and small dense LDL.
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