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Source: Daily Mail
Date: 30/09/2003
Patients who have suffered heart attacks will soon be able to get fish oil supplements on prescription
from their doctor. New research suggests that taking high doses of omega-three fatty acids on prescription
from a doctor could save many heart attack victims from having a catastrophic follow-up heart attack. Omacor
last week became the first fish oil supplement to get an official drug licence from the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Having monitored 11,000 patients for over three years, researchers
found that taking prescription omega-three fatty acids reduced heart attack deaths by 20 per cent and sudden
deaths by heart attacks by 45 per cent.
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