title: Which dose of omega-3 fatty acids must be taken in different cases of hypertriglyceridemia?
abstract: Omega-3 fatty acids are very important nutritive agents with a large effect on human health. Omega-3 ensures a protective effect on cardiac diseases, arthrosis, elasticity of vessels, prolong the bleeding time, improve the theology of the blood, protect the endothelium by atherosclerosis, low heart rate and blood pressure, reduce the risk for cardiac arrhythmya, etc. It also lowers the hypertriglyceridemia. The doses to achieve these effects are still on debate. It is very important, at least for the patients with hypertriglyceridemia for which omega-3 fatty acids are used constantly, to obtain the maximum of benefits.
authors.affiliation: N. Paulescu Institute of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mogoş
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dondoi
mesh_terms: D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D011345:Fenofibrate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D011345:Fenofibrate