Niacin (B3) for HDL / triglycerides and Niacin (B3)

Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.

Evidence brief

Niacin (B3) for HDL / triglycerides

Evidence grade A — Strong lipid-panel effect

Grade A1 graded outcomerevised Jul 10, 2026

Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.

Compound or practice

Niacin (B3)

Corrects pellagra, powerfully shifts blood lipids — but as a heart drug it failed to cut events and added harm.

Grade B4 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026

A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.

Swap the two

Graded in both

Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.

OutcomeNiacin (B3) for HDL / triglyceridesNiacin (B3)
HDL / triglycerides
Evidence grade ALarge effecthighStrong lipid-panel effect
Evidence grade ALarge effecthighStrong lipid-panel effect

Graded only in Niacin (B3) for HDL / triglycerides

None — every outcome it grades is graded in both.

Graded only in Niacin (B3)

  • Pellagra Large effectEvidence grade A
  • Cardiovascular events Trivial effectEvidence grade D
  • Non-melanoma skin cancer (nicotinamide) Small effectEvidence grade B

What each entry says about the other

  • Niacin (B3) for HDL / triglycerides’s entry · Goes with: Read the full Niacin (B3) monograph

Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.