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2-pyridone, 3-pyridine carboxamide, acipimox (5-methylpyrazinecarboxylic acid 4-oxide), acipomox, Acipimox®, anti-blacktongue factor, antipellagra factor, B vitamin, B-complex vitamin, benicot, B-vitamin, chromium polynicotinate (niacin-bound chromium), coenzyme beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)), crystalline niacin, dihydropyridines, Efacin®, Endur-Acin® (sustained release niacin (nicotinic acid)), Enduramide®, ER niacin, esters of niacin, extended-release (ER) niacin, extended-release (ER) niacin monotherapy, extended-release (ER) niacin therapy, Hexopal®, immediate-release (crystalline) niacin, immediate-release niacin, inositol hexaniacinate, inositol hexanicotinate, inositol nicotinate, kynurenine (KYN), low-dose sustained-release nicotinic acid (Tri-B3), meso-inositol hexanicotinate, methyl niacinamide, Nature's Bounty® Flush Free Niacin Inositol Hexanicotinate 500mg Dietary Supplement, NIAC®, niacin, niacin (nicotinic acid), niacin equivalents, niacin ER, niacinamide, niacinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), niacinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), niacin/colestipol therapy, Niacor®, Niaspan® (prolonged-release nicotinic acid), Niaspan® (sustained-release nicotinic acid), Nicalex®, nicamid, Nicamin®, Nicangin®, Niceritrol, Nico-400®, Nicobid® (sustained-released niacin), Nicobid® (time-release niacin), Nicolar® (unmodified niacin), nicosedine, Nico-Span®, nicotinamide, nicotinamide (niacinamide), Nicotinamide cures, nicotinate, Nicotinex®, nicotinic acid, nicotinic acid adenine, nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP), nicotinic acid amide, nicotinic acid analog (low plasma free fatty acid trial, LFA), nicotinic acid analogue, nicotinic amide, nicotinuric acid, nicotylamidum, nutrient supplements, Papulex®, pellagra preventing factor, pentaerythritoltetranicotinate, perycit, prolonged-release (PR) nicotinic acid (niacine)[Niaspan®], pyridine-3-carboxylic acid, Slo-Niacin® (sustained-release niacin), sustained-release nicotinic acid (Nico-Span®), Tega-Span®, Tri-B3®, trigonelline, tryptophan, vitamin B-3, vitamin B3, vitamin B3 (nicotinamide), vitamin B3 derivative, vitamin-B complex (vit-B), Wampocap®, wax-matrix sustained release niacin, wax-matrix sustained-release niacin (Endur-Acin®).

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