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How are you using fish oil to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack in CKD patients?

If so, what dose and preparation are you using? Lok et al., PMID 41201837
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Do you recommend fish oil supplementation for cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with ESKD on hemodialysis following the PISCES trial?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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I am not, as of yet. I would like more data before doing that.

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Nephrology · Pasadena Nephrology Inc
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Seems like a better plan than the frequently prescribed HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, so often used in dialysis patients.

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