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Sunday, November, 29, 2009
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Omacar, meet Lovaza

Dr. Kang
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Steven Kang, MD, is a general cardiologist and cardiac...

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In August 2007, I wrote a series of articles about high triglycerides and heart disease.  In summary, high triglycerides moderately increase your risk of heart disease.  A normal level is <150mg/dl and a high level is >200mg/dl.  Certain conditions such as obesity, low thyro...
  1. OMACOR
    Muddyinpb
    Thursday, June 05, 2008 at 03:07 AM

    OMACOR = Took it for four weeks, then Medicare refused to pay the second time.

     

    The reason:  $1,200.00 for the four week supply.  NO MORE OMACOR!Frown 

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  2. Fish oil
    John L.
    Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 09:45 AM

    Natural Factors RxOmega-3 Factors, EPA 400 mg/DHA 200 mg, per softgel,  240 Softgels for $24.97 at iHerb.  Take 2 and you've exceeded the EPA/DHA in "Lovaza" and it only costs you 21 cents! $6.30 a month. One bottle lasts 4 months.

     

     

     

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  3. It worked for me!
    Anonymous
    Monday, November 10, 2008 at 03:20 PM

    Last year my stats were:

     

    Triglycerides: 788

    Total Cholesterol: 269

    HDL: 32

    LDL: because of the high trigycerides the lab was unable to compute

     

    One year later and 3 pills each morning:

     

    Triglycerides: 184

    Total Cholesterol: 197

    HDL:44

    LDL: 116

     

    I am a 40 year old woman, 5' 8.5" tal and when I started talking Lovaza I weighed 174 lbs. Besides the fish oil, neither my diet or excercise changed until recently. Only in the past month have I incorporated excersice, walking 4 to 8 miles a day, 5-6 days a week, and some daily stregnth training and stretching. My eating habits have not changed but there was never a problem there. I only drink on the weekends now, unless it's a special occasion, but this is a very recent decision, too. As my 41st birthday approches, I am down to 156 lbs and expect ot reach 140 by the end of this year. Keep in mind that even for my height, my normal body weight throughout my life has been between 125-130 lbs. That is my ultimate goal, since I think it will help to continue to improve my cholesterol numbers.

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