Don't know why this combo discussion has come up again - it's never going to happen, AMRN can't afford to run a trial necessary to get it approved, and I'll repeat that there is no one size fits all statin or statin dose - a patient could actually do worse on V+ if it contains less statin than he/she's already taking. Which brings me to the point of this post - what you suggest, requiring pharmacies contact doctors if a patient shows up with a scrip for V and a statin to get GV for R-IT, is literally impossible - pharmacies are so short staffed they are having problems filling prescriptions - no way in hell could they take the time to call doctors to talk to them about why this or that was prescribed - and it's none of their business anyway. Plus, most new V patients will already be on a statin - they got a V script because their cardio thought it could help them on top of the statin. I find it hard to believe there's a patient out there who shows up at his PCP to get a physical with bloodwork/EKG/stress test and suddenly discovers he has CVD, he gets referred to a cardio, who prescribes V and a statin. Actually, I do know such patients exist, but they're rare because they're ignorant and stupid - despite knowing my family has a history of CVD, my little brother didn't even go to the doctor for checkups to see if he had HeFH, which my older brother and Dad have (both also had MI's and stents) - he just didn't want to know, probably scared of the answer (that's the stupid part - hiding your head in the sand) - then he had an MI a few summers ago, a couple stents, and is now on a statin - many docs still don't know about or believe the V story so he didn't get a V script. I've tried to get all 3 on V but gave up trying because it was a waste of time - they'd feign interest but then blow it off after they got home - despite me telling them how wonderfully it works for me - I'm the only male w/o CVD.
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