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Status report on the use of megadose nicotinic acid in alcoholics

The current status of niacin research in alcoholics was reviewed. A five-year field trial with nicotinic acid strongly suggested great potential for benefit in alcoholics. The next logical step was a confirmatory blind crossover study. Such a study was deemed even more important because it represented the kind of evidence acceptable to the scientific community, the author writes.

Three obstacles still stood in the way of such a study. The current literature and observations in previous studies allowed the development of a theoretical approach to the effect of nicotinic acid at the point of 5- OH-tryptamine metabolism. A set of clinical criteria was developed that had been tested in a previous study based on the tryptamine metabolic cycle.

A satisfactory test form of nicotinic acid was found in the form of a timed release that eliminated the telltale histamine start symptoms, allowing identical placebo development. Once these significant barriers were removed, a blind crossover study was conducted in a study population selected to demonstrate maximum effect.

Status Report Concerning the Use of Megadose Nicotinic Acid in Alcoholics.

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