Replies to post #5435 on Amarin Corp Plc (AMRN)

[jessellivermore]

"the science regarding inflammation, just that it is not accepted in the medical community at this time or any time soon"

I understand you are offering this as an opinion. Actually it is accepted by the medical community at present. It is probabably not acted on, or used to frame therapeutic decisions by busy PCPs at present, but that is likely to change in the near future. The reason for the shift will be the entry of Vascepa (EPA) into the diabetic field..

The ANCHOR indication will "green light" Vascepa for diabetics..Diabetics about 25million in the USA are living under a sword, and even if their doctors are too lazy, too entrenched to learn about Vascepa, their patients will be motivated and educated (by the internet..not drug reps)..to demand Vascepa, because there is class A (a peer reviewed outcome study) evidence that EPA cuts down their risk of dying..

":>) JL.

[north40000]

You said:

>>>sts, I am not denying any of the science regarding inflammation, just that it is not accepted in the medical community at this time or any time soon. If I were to ask my doctor to prescribe vascepa for me (I don't have high TG) for inflammation issues, he would probably look at me like I was asking him about the benefit of accupuncture for inflammation, which most docs don't recognize as medicine. Perhaps that will change over time for vascepa but I don't think it will happen in time for it to matter to us as investors in AMRN as it will be gone before that becomes accepted broadly. That is why I don't concern myself about all the stuff regarding inflammation benefits<<<

I have not emphasized any of the above, for I wish to emphasize it all as an example of old-school thinking on the part of some internists on inflammation issues. My personal physician, a former researcher at NIH, took one look at the material I sent him[probably one of JL's posts re how to convince your internist to prescribe Vascepa] + whatever else he looked up, and promptly wrote a prescription for me on a 4-month trial basis. I too do not have the very high triglycerides of >500, but they were in the 200 range. Luckily I have a regular 65-69 hdl, and ldl is only slightly elevated. Blood sugar range is elevated at times, typical of a Type I diabetic[56 year duration]. Inflammation mitigation with Vascepa is a factor which we both considered in commencing the trial.

[sts66]

If I were to ask my doctor to prescribe vascepa for me (I don't have high TG) for inflammation issues, he woudl probably look at me like I was asking him about the benefit of accupuncture for inflammation, which most docs don't recognize as medicine.

If your doctor doesn't "believe" in the benefits of acupuncture he's a frigging dinosaur.....I suffer from inflammation, especially around my major joints, and if it weren't for my acupuncturist and chiropractor, both also trained in cranio-sacral therapy, I'd be a cripple, no joke. Just yesterday my right hip was so swollen and immobile/locked up I could barely walk, 1 1/2 hrs on her table and I walked out a new man - unfortunately such miracles don't usually last as my joints are so unstable it's not funny - see both of them every other week, have done so for the last 5-6 yrs.

I'm hoping V can at least cut down on the inflammation that precedes the joint instability so when things go out they won't be as severe - see my PCP for a physical tomorrow and I'm going to talk to him about V and get a scrip.