Anticipate More Patients Getting Vascepa to Help Reduce Heart Events

January 2019

You might get more Rxs for the fish oil product Vascepa.

Vascepa (icosapent ethyl) is an omega-3 fatty acid used to treat patients with very high triglycerides.

New evidence suggests Vascepa may prevent heart events in some high-risk patients...such as those with moderately elevated triglycerides who also have heart disease.

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