Effectiveness and tolerability of oral administration of low-dose salmon oil to HIV patients with HAART-associated dyslipidemia.(Recent Abstracts)(humanimmunodeficiency virus)(Highly active antiretroviral therapy)(Brief article)(Clinical report)

PURPOSE: To assess the effectiveness of low-dose salmon oil for the treatment of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-induced dyslipidemia in HIV-infected patients. METHOD: Randomized, open-label, parallel and crossover, multicenter study. Patients received 1 g salmon oil tid for 24 weeks (SO-24) or no additional treatment for 12 weeks and salmon oil for weeks 12 to 24 (CT-SO). The primary outcome measure was the change in triglyceride (TG) levels. RESULTS: Fifty-eight patients completed the study (26 in SO-24; 32 in CT-SO). After 12 weeks, the SO-24 group experienced a mean TG reduction of 1.1 mmol/L, compared to an increase of 0.3 mmol/L for the CT-SO group (p = ...

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