Omega-3 supplements – a fishy tale just got more fishy

14th November 2022, Dr Chee L Khoo

fish oil supplements

We all have patients with high triglycerides (TG) that warrant intensification of our lipid lowering treatment. Statins are efficacious in reducing total cholesterol (TC), increasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and reducing low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Statins also reduce triglycerides levels but often these patients have residual hypertriglyceridaemia that warrants the addition of a fibrate to get our TG to target.…

Omega 3 oils & CV disease – does it help?

July 15, 2018, Dr Chee L Khoo

I must declare my personal interest in this discussion. I have been taking omega-3 fish oil supplements for years to reduce my triglycerides. I am also on a statin for my hypercholesterolaemia and the fish oil is to treat the residual hypertriglyceridaemia. A recent study confirm the efficacy of this approach1. However, does the addition of fish oil and reduction of triglycerides translate to improvement in cardiovascular (CV) outcomes?…