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Doctors Often Recommend Omega-3 Supplements For High Cholesterol – Survey

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

A survey of doctors and pharmacists reports 83% of their patients with abnormally high cholesterol express interest in using omega-3 supplements. But the survey sponsored by Rx omega-3 firm Amarin also raises questions about health care professionals’ knowledge of FDA regulation of supplement products.

Doctors and pharmacists regularly recommend omega-3 dietary supplements for patients with abnormally high cholesterol or triglycerides and those consumers more frequently ask about the products, according to a survey sponsored by an Rx omega-3 product firm.

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