Fish Oil Supplementation and Ulcerative Colitis
Authors: David M. Gorson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1992)

Letters15 September 1992Fish Oil Supplementation and Ulcerative ColitisDavid M. Gorson, MDDavid M. Gorson, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-117-6-535_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors: I read with interest the article by Stenson and colleagues (1). The authors chose to use Max-EPA (R. P. Scherer, Clearwater, Florida), eicosapentaenoic acid, as their source of omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids. Because each capsule may contain 5 mg of cholesterol, giving patients 18 capsules per day would provide them with 90 mg of cholesterol each day. It would be interesting to know whether lipoprotein measurements were done before and after treatment with Max-EPA.The American Heart Association and the National Cholesterol Education Program have recommended that all persons reduce their cholesterol consumption from the current 400...References1. StensonCordRodgersBurakoffDeSchryver-KecskemetiGramlich WDJRKT. Dietary supplementation with fish oil inulcerative colitis. Ann Intern Med. 1992;116:609-14. LinkGoogle Scholar2. CarltonDwyerFinbergFloraGoodmanGrundy RJLJDS. National Cholesterol Education Program: report of the Expert Panel on Population Strategies for Blood Cholesterol Reduction: executive summary. Arch Intern Med. 1991;151:1071-84. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. StensonCortRodgersBurakoffDeSchryver-KecskemetiGramlich WDJRKT. Dietary supplementation with fish oil in ulcerative colitis. Ann Intern Med. 1992;116:609-14. LinkGoogle Scholar2. ThorngrenShanBorn MSG. Delay in primary haemostasis produced by a fish diet without change in local thromboxane A2. Br J Haematol. 1984;58:567-78. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. KremerJubizMichalek JWA. Fish oil fatty acid supplementation in active rheumatoid arthritis, a double-blind, controlled, crossover study. Ann Intern Med. 1987;106:497-503. LinkGoogle Scholar4. OlsenSorensenSecher SJN. Randomised controlled trial of effect of fish-oil supplementation on pregnancy duration. Lancet. 1992;339:1003-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. StensonCortRodgersBurakoffDeSchryver-KecskemetiGramlich WDJRKT. Dietary supplementation with fish oil in ulcerative colitis. Ann Intern Med. 1992;116:609-14. LinkGoogle Scholar2. StensonLauritsenLaursenRask-MadsenJacobsenNaesdal WKLJOJ. A clinical trial of zileuton, a specific inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase, in ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology. 1991;100:A253. Google Scholar1. Kaplan N. The appropriate goals of antihypertensive therapy: neither too much nor too little. Ann Intern Med. 1992;116:686-90. LinkGoogle Scholar2. RuddByynyZachary PRV Pill count measures of compliance in a drug trial: variability and suitability. Am J Hypertens. 1988;1:309-12. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. CramerScheyerMattson JRR. Compliance declines between visits. Arch Intern Med. 1990;150:1509-10. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Miami School of Medicine Aventura, FL 33180 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 15 September 1992Volume 117, Issue 6Page: 535-536KeywordsCholesterolFatty acidsHeartLipoproteinsOilsUlcerative colitis Issue Published: 15 September 1992 PDF DownloadLoading ...