Article: Fish oil can improve triglyceride levels.(Infectious Diseases)

BOSTON -- Daily ingestion of fish oil tablets can decrease blood lipid levels in HIV-infected patients with hypertriglyceridemia associated with antiretroviral drug therapy, a French study has shown.

The prospective study included 122 HIV-infected patients taking antiretroviral therapy (ART): 58 were randomized to receive two 1-g capsules of a fish oil supplement t.i.d. This group had a median 26% reduction in triglyceride levels from baseline. In contrast, the median triglyceride levels of patients given a placebo increased 1%, Pierre de Truchis, M.D., reported at a conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections.

"Triglyceride levels normalized ...

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