Lovaza Treatment Report
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See also: Omega 3, Omega Fatty Acids
What is Lovaza? Lovaza is a brand name for omega-3-acid ethyl esters, an antilipemic that was previously called Omacor. It is used in the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia. Lovaza is FDA-approved.
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Reasons Taken
3 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lovaza.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Other | 2 | 66% |
| General health | 1 | 33% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Lovaza or how long patients were taking Lovaza before stopping.
Currently taking Lovaza
Stopped taking Lovaza
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Can't tell | 100% | 1 |
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General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 1 |
Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)
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- parrothead
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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by parrothead
Mar 19, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- i stopped taking this and went back to store brand fish oil sups. after reading the label, they had the same ingredients.
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