Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[jessellivermore]

ralphey...

I am an MD...recently retired, a former clinician...I for one would not bet all my money that you are not an MD. And frankly I do not care whether you are or are not. There was a time earlier when there were posters on the Y board that doubted I was a physician...and some quite certain I wasn't...

I just don't buy your arguments and some of the things you say do not make a lot of sense (all this does not mean you are not an MD)..

For you and others on the board...I do not consider V a "trig drug"..There are a number of other meds that are more effective at lowering trigs..although the others do raise the LDL-C levels. The whole trig question ended up a wash in the great AdCom ambush..and the trig question is still a controversy...One of the biggest controversies surrounding trigs is whether we should be measuring fasting levels or postprandial levels. The point being is the resting trig levels may not be as important as what your trigs spike to after meals...

I also (as a clinician) find it difficult to imagine continuing to prescribe a medication that seemingly had no benefit to 300 patients...and personally have had no problems with the insurance companies... A friend of mine who is a local PCP down here in Florida recently continued my Vascepa script for one year...I have never been to his office...have not had a lipid panel in the past ten years...My co pay is $70/month...Am on medicare and can not use the coupons...

The promise of Vascepa is not in lowering trigs...It is in lowering systemic inflammation...This is of much greater importance..as inflammation is the driving force behind every degenerative disease and one of the pillars of aging itself...

":>) JL