Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Fish oils to prevent CHD . . . it's now official: A definite "no go"

I'm continuing to take them for these reasons. 1. here, 2. here
http://www.theheart.org/columns/topolog/fish-oils-to-prevent-chd----it-s-now-official-a-definite-no-go.do?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+BlogsTheheartorg+%2528Blogs+%2540+theheart.orgENGLiSH%2529&utm_content=Yahoo%2521+Mail
Now what does this say about fish oil?
I don't know about you, but I have an awful lot of patients that come to me on fish oil and I try to implore them to stop taking it. This trial arms us [with proof against fish oils] for our patients who have not had an MI, who have not had heart failure, where the
worry is not suppression of ventricular arrhythmia (and even that is a little suspect). Fish oil does nothing, and we cannot continue to argue about either "the right dose" or "the right preparation. It's a "nada effect."
I think this is a really important trial in cardiovascular medicine. It's also interesting that 70% of the patients [in the trial] had hypercholesterolemia and only 40% were taking statins. This group [of patients] was even more "loaded," if you will, to derive some benefit.
Fish oil is a "no-go". If it doesn't work in this group, it's hard to imagine in lesser-risk groups that it's going to have any salutary impact.
I really appreciate you tuning in to theheart.org. I'll be interested in your thoughts on fish oils. It's been a fishy story for a long time.

More details at the link.
Sorry Dr. Topol but I will continue for the reasons I listed.

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