Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[sts66]

STS, do you have any active infections, or had an infection at the time of lab draw?

Erm....not sure how to answer that....tests we ran last year showed I had a host of prior infections, some we knew about, some we didn't, like West Nile....the results for active EBV were not 100% positive, but strong enough that we started me on a low dose of Valtrex.....and from the way it made me feel (horrible, herxed) the day after I took it, I'm pretty sure there is a chronic low level active infection there....don't have much of a reaction now when I take it (not daily, off/on depending on how I feel), but EBV isn't curable, Valtrex only keeps it from reproducing....EBV is one of the causes of my CFS symptoms, it's like having “chronic mono", just not as severe as full blown mono.

-do you have clotting disorders?

Not really....I *was* having some clotting issues while taking a Vit E supplement w/Vascepa, stopped taking it, clotting returned to normal. The test results would appear to show that my blood is now "too sticky", but I bleed fine, trust me, LOL. Especially my gums at times, very weird - sometimes after using my waterpik a specific molar (actually two) will bleed uncontrollably, need to put cotton swabs in my jaw to get it to stop, and it can take > 15 minutes to stop. Could be (likely is) gingivitis, but I haven't been able to figure out what's triggering it - doesn't happen regularly - pretty sure it could be causing some of the elevated biomarkers.


Factor V Leiden, history of DVT's, history of Pulmonary Embolism? (Or a blood relative with DVT's or PE)

None of the above. IIRC, all strokes have been in non-blood relatives (uncles). Father had a heart attack a few years ago, but he has other health issues that likely were involved, ones I do not have.