Drug details

Advicor (niacin xr and lovastatin)

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Advicor (niacin extended-release and lovastatin) is a combination of vitamin B3 and a cholesterol-lowering medication used to lower cholesterol and triglycerides (types of fat) in the blood. Lowering cholesterol and triglycerides can help prevent heart disease and coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis), conditions that can lead to heart attack, stroke, and vascular disease. Advicor is also used to lower the risk of heart attack in people with high cholesterol who have already had a heart attack.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• headache,
• sweating,
• flushing (warmth, redness, itching, and tingling of the skin, especially of the face and neck),
• dizziness, or chills within 2 to 4 hours after taking this medication.

The following drugs are related to Advicor, either as a replacement or used together:

• Altocor (lovastatin extended-release tablets)
• Caduet (amlodipine besylate, atorvastatin calcium)
• Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium)
• Baycol (cerivastatin (removed from market 8/2001))
• Welchol (colesevelam hcl)
• Colestid (colestipol)
• Crestor (rosuvastatin calcium)
• Estratest (esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone)
• Repatha (evolocumab injection, for subcutaneous injection)
• Liptruzet (ezetimibe and atorvastatin tablets)
• Vytorin (ezetimibe and simvastatin)
• Zetia (ezetimibe tablets)
• Tricor (fenofibrate)
• Lescol (fluvastatin sodium)
• Kynamro (mipomersen sodium injection)
• Niaspan (niacin)
• Rosuvastatin Calcium Tablets (rosuvastatin calcium)
• Zocor (simvastatin)
• Triamcinolone Ointment (triamcinolone acetonide ointment)

The following supplements are related to Advicor, and may be used together with the drug:

• Black Tea (s.)
• Magnesium (s.)
• Rice Bran (s.)
• Acetyl-L-Carnitine (s.)
• Alpha-Linolenic Acid (s.)
• Beer (s.)
• Calcium (s.)
• Citicoline (s.)
• Coenzyme Q-10 (s.)
• Fish Oil (s.)
• Folic Acid (s.)
• Glycine (s.)
• L-Carnitine (s.)
• N-Acetyl Cysteine (s.)
• Olive (s.)
• Potassium (s.)
• Sweet Orange (s.)
• Terminalia (s.)
• Wine (s.)
• Green Tea (s.)
• Blond Psyllium (s.)
• Cod Liver Oil (s.)
• Alfalfa (s.)
• Artichoke (s.)
• Avocado (s.)
• Barley (s.)
• Beta-Sitosterol (s.)
• Black Psyllium (s.)
• English Walnut (s.)
• Flaxseed (s.)
• Gamma Oryzanol (s.)
• Glucomannan (s.)
• Guar Gum (s.)
• Inositol Nicotinate (s.)
• Inulin (s.)
• Jiaogulan (s.)
• Macadamia Nut (s.)
• Mesoglycan (s.)
• Oats (s.)
• Pantethine (s.)
• Pectin (s.)
• Red Yeast (s.)
• Safflower (s.)
• Sitostanol (s.)
• Soy (s.)
• Soybean Oil (s.)
• Xanthan Gum (s.)
• Yogurt (s.)