Nicotinic Acid Long-Term Effectiveness in a Patient with Bipolar Type II Disorder: A Case of Vitamin Dependency

Tags: niacin
Publication Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852710/

Case report of a patient with bipolar disorder who had been on lithium and other bipolar meds who was able to get off all meds after starting taking 1g niacin 3 times a day. He has been stable for 11 years on this niacin supplementation regimen. Stopping niacin leads a return of his symptoms within 2-3 days and clears up in one day after resuming the niacin regimen.

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