Having crashed out at Wimbledon in June the Scot did not find her best form until the US Open in August, when she won her first ever main draw match at Flushing Meadows by beating, ironically, Martic.

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But some heart researchers are pushing back, saying that there is still a role for niacin, albeit a diminished one, and that the study does not allow scientists to tease out whether the side effects were due to niacin or a second drug, laropiprant, that Merck added to prevent the hot, unpleasant facial flushing that is one of the main reasons people often refuse to take niacin.

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The niacin pill will be paired with another drug to curtail niacin's main side effect of unpleasing flushing or an overheated feeling.

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But it was going to be combined with a new drug that would ease niacin's main side effect: profound flushing, almost a hot flash, that is so unpleasant that patients choose not to use the drug.

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Cordaptive combines niacin, an already approved heart medicine, with a new drug that alleviates niacin's main side effect, hot-flash-like flushing.

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In spite of its peaceful aura, the house was close to downtown Flushing, and you could hear the burr of traffic on Main Street.

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