Fish Oil Supplements

 

Other Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Other Contra-Indications

 

Class Contra-Indication

Our Records are Incomplete for Drug Class Contra-Indications

We have incomplete side-effect data.

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Early studies show that fish liver oil may be able to help treat atherosclerosis. More studies are needed)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence


Coronary Heart Disease [4, 5, 6, 7]:

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Current studies have yielded mixed results on the level of efficacy of fish liver oil as a treatment for heart disease. There is little risk in taking fish liver oil. More studies are needed)

Grade of Evidence: Low level of evidence


* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

References:
1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0735109792900704

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3191596

3. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/80/3/535.full

4. http://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/dietary-fat-health-news-301/daily-fish-oil-supplement-may-not-help-your-heart-studies-685879.html

5. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/65/4/1083.full.pdf

6. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/94/9/2337.full

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217043/

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