Fish Oil And The FDA Concession To Big Pharma And YOU Will Pay Big If You Fall For It!

The FDA accorded the approval based on a company-sponsored clinical study showing that fish oil does exactly what it had previously been shown to do and long known by the alternative health community, that is, lower triglyceride levels. With prescription drug status, this company is now free to make specific health claims about fish oil and aggressively sell it through cardiologists and any other doctors prescription. If this company's marketing efforts are successful, it stands to earn an tremendous amounts of money from unwitting patients who don't realize that they can obtain fish oil supplements for a fraction of the price of this prescription fish oil drug.

Would You Ever Buy Your Fish Oil by Prescription? Not if you knew that the marketing materials for this new prescription fish oil product were produced by sales letter specialists. We knew it would be more expensive than what dietary supplement companies charge after reading about the approval but we almost fell off our chair when we checked to find out the actual price. $236.23!!!! That is about nine times more than what this amount of fish oil sells for in a health food store. Sure it's about 10% stronger in EPA so the simple answer is take slightly more of the normal amount shown on the health food product lable!

The company selling this prescription fish oil drug knew that some consumers might question why they should pay such a high price. In their marketing materials, the company tries to differentiate their fish oil drug from what is available in health food stores by stating that "Fish oil sold in health food stores is no substitute for prescription fish oil, because they are not bioequivalent. The US food and drug administration has not approved nonprescription dietary supplement omega threes for treatment of any specific disease or met a condition, like high triglyceride levels." Those who feel more comfortable using FDA-approved products can choose to pay the outlandish price of $236.89 for each bottle of this prescription-only fish oil drug. And by the way I have a fine bridge over the San Francisco Bay I would like to talk to you about!

Even people with health insurance may find that their co-pay for this fish oil drug is still higher than what they could freely pay for fish oil supplements
That is to say nothing of how much health insurance premiums could increase if too many patients are deceived into using this overpriced fish oil drug. Despite the greater concentration of EPA/DHA in the fish oil drug, on a cost-per-milligram basis, the price for the prescription fish oil is still 797% higher than what good quality a fish oil concentrate, with other omega 3 and 6 included.