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Fish Helps Statins Protect the Heart
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 One expert thinks the study results aren't surprising, but they are interesting, because the research was done in a country where people eat more fish than they do in the United States.
"This study is further evidence of the benefit of omega-3 fatty acids for protecting against heart attacks and other cardiac events," said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and author of an accompanying editorial in the journal.
Mozaffarian said that the trial was done, in part, to see if combining EPA with a statin could be effective in reducing cardiac events.
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While there did appear to be a benefit in taking EPA, coupling it with a statin in one pill isn't necessary, Mozaffarian said. "The pharmaceutical manufacturers are facing the end of patents on their statins," he said. "The idea of putting a statin and EPA in a single pill is really just marketing," he added.
Mozaffarian noted that a healthful diet should provide enough EPA to reduce the risk of heart trouble. "People should be able to get a cardioprotective dose of omega-3 fatty acids by eating fish twice a week," he said.
More information
The latest recommendations on omega-3 fatty acids are available from the American Heart Association.
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Last updated 3/30/2007
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SOURCES: Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan; Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston; March 31, 2007, The Lancet
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