Prescription Omega-3

I received my newsletter today from Vital Choice and was amazed to see a prescription omega-3 drug. As I continued to read the article, I found out that this "FDA approved" omega-3 drug, Lovaza® is nothing more than omega-3 fatty fish oil. [1] To my amazement, taking a prescription omega-3 fatty-fish oil drug will cost you, or your insurance company, $3360.00 per year. YIKES!

After further review of this omega-3 prescription drug, I've found information claiming that it's outrageous to spend that kind of money on fish-oil. However, some insurance companies are willing to pay the high cost of omega-3 fish oil, as a prescription, rather than support some high quality, less expensive, over-the-counter omega-3 supplements. It also seems that people don't care, as long as the insurance companies are picking up the tab.

"Lovaza® is FDA-approved for treatment of high triglycerides. But I am seeing more and more people take it for other reasons at this four-capsule-per-day dose. Regardless, this 'drug' is adding $3360 per year costs to our healthcare. A school teacher, for instance, recently commented to me that she didn't care about the costs, since her insurance (in Milwaukee county, teachers have unbelievably generous healthcare coverage) covers Lovaza. I've heard this from others: insurance covers it, so they don't care how much it costs." [2]

With all the high-quality omega-3s on the market, why did Lovaza® get approved by the FDA as a tried and true prescription drug that helps to lower triglyceride levels? According to the article in Vital Choice's newsletter, it was the deep pockets of the drug giant, GlaxoSmithKline. They were willing to pay the high price to get their "drug" approved by the FDA.

Lovaza® did not gain approval as a triglyceride-lowering drug because it is the only high-dose fish oil that would work, or the only one available to people with very high triglyceride levels.

Instead, Lovaza® gained FDA approval because only a deep-pocketed drug firm like GSK can afford the $250 million or so it takes to get through the costly process.

In fact, Lovaza's approval as a drug rests on the same kind of clinical evidence seen with non-prescription, high-dose fish oil.

Lovaza® is simply a high-potency omega-3 supplement with a specific -- hence patentable -- chemical profile, made by a big drug firm able to fund its own clinical trials.

It's the same old thing, if you have enough money you can get anything approved, or passed by the federal government.

Many of us know that our bodies have a daily need for Essential Fatty Acids (EFA). These EFAs play a key role in helping us to sustain vibrant good health. EFAs nourish the body's heart, brain, skin, glands and joints - and are critical to the hormone production process.

But there is a problem -- our bodies cannot make the EFAs internally. So these critical fats must come from outside sources. Whether these sources are received naturally, through fish, or through some sort of omega-3 supplement, the need for EFA's is important.

It's not the importance of EPA's that's in question here, rather the cost effectiveness between an over-the-counter daily supplement, versus a high priced prescription drug, that makes the same claim as all other high-quality omega-3 supplements, "lowering high triglyceride levels, and raise levels of HDL (good cholesterol) in adults."

If you're looking to naturally incorporate omega-3-fatty acids into your diet, fish is your best bet. The purest choice fish include canned sardines or mackerel, wild Alaskan salmon and sablefish, and small, troll-caught tuna.

On the other hand, if you're not a fish eater, TriVita's Omega Prime is a supplement that gives you the needed omega-3 fatty acid to maintain a healthy omega-3 balance.

TriVita's Omega Prime contains a premier and unique blend of four different types of the most highly regarded Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) oils – Fish, Flaxseed, Evening Primrose and Perilla Seed. It also uses only contaminant-free fish oil that has undergone a 10 stage distilling process.

Omega Prime helps meet the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. One daily dose of Omega Prime provides the amount of Omega-3 recommended by the AHA for healthy individuals, as well as for those who have heart disease or the risk of it.

Omega Prime can be purchased at less than one-tenth the cost of Lovaza, and can deliver the same results. As with all TriVita products, you can expect the highest quality, and they are all backed by a money-back guarantee. I wonder if perscription drug companies ever make the same claim? I guess that's NOT important, because the insurance companies are paying for it anyway.

You can receive additional information on Omega Prime by clicking on the image below:

Jeffrey Sloe
Independent TriVita Business Affiliate - #12871028
440-725-3729

 

References:
[1] http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article001417692.cfm?x=bfrW1vf,b6hFv6bq
[2] http://www.wellsphere.com/heart-health-article/lovaza-rip-off/534837