Replies to post #28284 on Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[Whalatane]

Nuke
In my experience ..4gms of EPA ( especially Vascepa ) can cut your TG's fairly quickly ..certainly within 4-6 wks . Add to that if you drank less alcohol and ate less known TG raising foods for 2-3 days before the blood work...that would have an effect also.

The rapid lowering of TG's would not happen in isolation ..it would effect your other lipid markers as well

Not an MD ...just had about 80 lipid panels run over the past 30 yrs

Kiwi

[BioChica]

Triglycerides levels are very dynamic! I believe the measured value can change, if the drug is drawn when you have just sat down vs have been sitting for 20 minutes??? I did read it is better to measure these levels normally and do not fast before the doctor takes your blood!

[sts66]

Different labs can absolutely yield different results - especially the quality of equipment used and the technical skill of the lab tech. But for TGs nearly doubling, I'd suspect a dietary influence, not labwork - when my TGs came back staggeringly high last year I learned that eating something like sweet white corn the night before a blood draw can artificially drive up TGs. As per time of day for blood draw, the body and organs work on various 24 hr cycles, so it may impact some numbers - best to keep on a schedule, get it drawn around the same time of day for each test so you can rule out that effect.