Comparing the results from both studies, the researchers concluded that fish oil is slightly more effective than the drug [Crestor] because the oil performed better against a placebo than did Crestor.
If you are spending big money on rosuvastatin (Crestor - and many are, since more than a billion dollars worth of that drug are purchased each year), you may want to consider fish oil pills instead, and maybe avoid some of Crestor's kidney/liver-related side effects.
My dogs and I take fish oil daily. I don’t know if it helps but it sure doesn’t hurt.
That reminds me...I forgot to take my fish oil this morning!!
(For those who have never taken it—God help you if you burp after taking it....)
OK, another Salmon slice for me...
Fish Oil is one of the very few “natural” supplements that actually has alot of scientific data backing it up. The price is reasonable as well. I am kinda surprised though to see this measure up as well as it did against a statin, and Crestor, which is one of the stronger ones out on the market. This is good news.
I take 2500 mg of distilled Omega 3 per day, a amount chosen since it is the average daily intake for an adult Japanese.
My cholesterol dropped from 260 to 179, my triglycerides are normal for the first time in my adult life, and my HDL went from 34 up to a normal 49.
My friends are now getting Lovaza, a prescription only Omega 3 fish oil, at even higher doses than I take.
Cheers!
I will have blood work soon to see the results in my cholesterol....hopefully good.
My wonderful doctor rec. this to steer me away from prescription drugs, and I love her for it!
I feel better, more energy...and it actually can help with weight reduction.
I don't know if it's the Omega-3, but my husband has had 3 colds in a little over 2 months, and I have NOT caught them! :)
Now he's started taking the Omega-3 :)
I also take Niacin.
The dosage is missing. I suspect they used very high doses. I take Omega-3 daily, and have for many years. It can’t hurt...and in many ways makes good sense.
How does Omega 3 fish oil compare to taking cod liver oil? I’ve been taking cod liver oil, but boy, it’s vile stuff. I have to hold my nose when I take it.
Italian researchers gave nearly 3,500 patients a daily omega-3 pill, derived from fish oils. Roughly the same number of patients were given placebo pills. Patients were followed for an average of four years. In the group of patients taking the fish oil pills, 1,981 died of heart failure or were admitted to the hospital with the problem. In the patients on placebo pills, 2,053 died or were admitted to the hospital for heart failure. In a parallel study, the same team of Italian doctors gave 2,285 patients the drug rosuvastatin, also known as Crestor, and gave placebo pills to 2,289 people. Patients were then tracked for about four years. The doctors found little difference in heart failure rates between the two groups. Comparing the results from both studies, the researchers concluded that fish oil is slightly more effective than the drug because the oil performed better against a placebo than did Crestor.
It seems the difference in numbers is not even worth mentioning, and cannot be directy linked to fish oil. I would rather have seen a study between Crestor and fish oil directly.
Don’t take too much fishoil as ovedose of the ‘vitamin A’ can be lethal. I think some early explorers found out the hard way.
Folks, just make sure you get enough Vitamin E (preferably a full spectrum one) if you take fish oil. Mail me for more info.