LISTEN TO ME! I hardly ever post anything because I don't have much to add. I have been here to learn. But today, I have something to say and I want everyone on this board to listen. This drug is going to be a household name. Here is why...
Listen to my family stats>>>
My obese mother has diabetes, HTN, and CVD, my overweight brother is on a statin and has HTN, my sister in law is obese and had Gestational Diabetes (precursor to diabetes) and her obese mother has diabetes, my brother in law is obese and has diabetes (as did his mother), my obese mother in law has diabetes (as did her mother), my obese father in law has pre-diabetes, my husband's uncle has diabetes, and prior to her death in 2018, my aunt had diabetes and HTN. This is one family and I can name 11 people who would benefit from Vascepa. All 11 people do/did not eat properly. They like fat and sugar and salt, just like everyone else.
Then there is my work. I work in dialysis where almost every patient will be on Vascepa. They are on dialysis because, guess what...they have diabetes and HTN. They die from... Cardiovascular Disease, not Kidney Disease. Over 2 million people around the world are on dialysis.
40% of adults are Obese. Why? How many Americans do you think actually eat to prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Maybe 1 out of 100? How do I know this? I have been listening to what people eat for 28 years. People are not sitting down to meals of fresh fruits and vegetables and lean meats. They are eating loads of fatty meats such as ribs from BBQ places and cheeseburgers from McDonald's, and French fries from Arby's, and loaded baked potatoes from McCalisters Deli, and chicken wings from KFC, and rice with gravy, macaroni and cheese, and corn and green beans soaked in fat from Cracker Barrel. They eat Chinese foods, Mexican food, Taco Bell, Subway and Pizza Hut. They buy bread, donuts, rolls, bakery items from grocery stores, frozen pizzas, ice cream, canned soup, chips, crackers, pasta "helper", frozen meals.
NOBOBY IS EATING PROPERLY! People don't say "well I had a high fiber whole grain cereal with almond milk and blueberries for breakfast" and "a giant spinach salad with sliced apples and walnuts for lunch" and "seared salmon with whole grain quinoa and broccoli for dinner" and "a plum and raw carrots with hummus for a snack". This is why they need Vascepa.
Oh, and by the way, what do you think contributes to high triglycerides besides fat? Sugar and Alcohol! Beer, Coke, Pepsi, Vitamin Water, Starbucks, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice, Sweet tea. Do you think people are just sitting around drinking water all day? NO! They are drinking SUGAR. Sugar is the first thing we tell people to avoid when they have high triglycerides. Now how about alcohol? Think of all the alcohol being consumed. This affects obesity, Diabetes, CVD.
Then there is the job I had before this one. Cardiac Rehab! Each year about a Million people have a cardiac event. Only about 20% of them end up in CR. Why? It involves...you guessed it! Exercise and learning to eat right, which nobody actually wants to do. But you know what they do want? They want a pill to fix their bad habits. I listened for years and years and years to people who would ask me "isn't there just a pill I can take so I don't have to eat right and exercise?"
THIS WILL HAPPEN! It will take time...
Oh, and BTW, I have not avoided my family history, and although I do eat right, most of the time, and exercise, and am not overweight, I still have pre-diabetes and have been happily taking Vascepa for 1 year, which I got from my PCP, off label of course.
