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CaptBeer

03/05/26 9:17 AM

#446500 RE: DMC8 #446499

Hypertriglyceridemia: Targeted Therapies and Updated Indications-Icosapent Ethyl, Volanesorsen

Statins remain the first-choice drugs to reduce CV risk for those with high triglycerides.

Icosapent ethyl (2 g twice daily) is now uniquely recommended—when added to statin—in high or very high risk patients if TG 135–499 mg/dL persists, based on REDUCE-IT results (Class IIa, Level B).16
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north40000

03/05/26 9:39 AM

#446502 RE: DMC8 #446499

Thank you for that information. I have been prescribed/taking Vascepa every day since 2013. I will be 89 in April 2026.