MY FIRST EVER HAPPY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOCTOR ABOUT VASCEPA:
Over the years, I've posted about all my bad experiences with New York and New Jersey doctors whenever I mention Vascepa and the things they've said: "Never heard of it." "Oh yeah, that's the fish oil drug for people with very high triglycerides." "Haven't heard of it, but I'll look it up." "Just eat more fish." "I'll write a prescription for Lovaza." "Fish oil supplements do the same thing and they're cheaper."
Whenever I'd pass along the comments, people on this board and others would almost always respond with: "Find another doctor!"
Except, as KM made clear last quarter when he said there are only about 6,000 U.S. doctors out of 750,000 doctors who regularly prescribe Vascepa, it's almost impossible to find doctors who know about and understand Vascepa. Literally, your odds of finding one are less than 1 percent!
So, long story longer, I found one of the 1 percent today! She's a doctor on 32nd Street in Manhattan and she's in a practice where I've gotten some of the ignorant quotes I cited above from other doctors. But she told me she regularly prescribes Vascepa and warns people that fish oil supplements are useless and might even harm their health since you can't know what's in them. She was surprised when I told her what some of her colleagues have said. I asked her to help educate them.
And I also learned that she has worked with Dr. Bhatt and knows all about Vascepa and assumed other doctors did too. "It's been around a while," she said.
Anyhow, I told her I'm happy she will remain my heart doctor and I was so happy to hear what she said about Vascepa and Dr. Bhatt that I felt like I had met a member of medical royalty. I'm already recommending her to friends.
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