Research progress in clinical application of niacin drugs
Generalized niacin is an essential water-soluble B-vitamin to the human body,which can be further divided into nicotinic acid and nicotinamide,and can be collectively referred to as niacin drugs along with other nicotine derivatives.Due to the different acting targets or release characteristics,the characteristics of these niacin drugs in meeting nutritional re-quirements,disease treatment,and dose-related adverse reactions are also different.In this paper,clinical applications and adverse reactions of several common niacin drugs in clinical applications were summarized.