Mrs D, Glenntaj--Do you think the Vit D is not high enough given the high blood level of Vit D 1,25? Will get better magnesium.

Wings: I've begun niacin today, at a lower dose than you. I took a 500 mg tablets. I felt fine for about an hour, and then I felt as if my skin was being attacked by biting gnats or crabs. It burned, itched, hurt, and had a million little points of pain feeling like bites. It was damned awful. It's not even totally gone hours later. The worst of it lasted about an hour. Is this what you went through at the beginning?

Cycleops: Yes, my HDL is high. It always has been, which is why doctors have not been eager to put me on statins, even with cholesterols running over 250. But I do think it's time to get the numbers down, and I don't believe that just having high HDL can protect against the damage done by the ldl.