Omacar, meet Lovaza

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! 

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.

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.