Adding fish oils to Lipitor will improve the risk for heart disease. However, lowering your insulin levels will achieve the same objective. The real issue is: Does one even need Lipitor?

My experience is that only a few people who have cholesterol levels above 350 would benefit from taking Lipitor. Nearly everyone else can control her cholesterol by following the eating plan. Adding fish oil to your diet will provide considerable additional benefits and further reduce your risk for heart disease. For the vast majority of people, fish oil will provide more benefits than taking Lipitor.

In many ways, this reminds me of the push of the progression of the treatment of ulcer disease. Over 20 years ago, antibiotics were shown useful in the treatment of ulcers because they killed or reduced H. pylori levels. It took nearly 15 years for the medical community to widely embrace this concept; they would promote H2 blockers like Tagamet and Zantac to treat ulcers. Once they accepted the concept the drug companies jumped on board to show that their drugs and the newer proton pump inhibitors like Prilosec and Prevacid worked really terrific with the antibiotics to treat ulcers.

Sounds to me pretty much like the same story all over again. Interestingly though with ulcer antibiotics, like any drug, are not the ultimate solution for ulcers. Read my comment in an earlier article to see my recommendations for ulcer treatment.

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