Natural Medications for CVD -- 2006 (Editor's note: I no longer have the source for this quoted nformation.) Niacin: The finding that niacin lowered cholesterol was soon confirmed by Parsons, Achor, Berge, McKenzie and Barker (1956) and Parsons (1961, 1961a, 1962) at the
Mayo Clinic which launched niacin on its way as a hypocholesterolemic substance. Since then it has been found to be a...