摘要 |
A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of hypertriglyceridemia and/or hypercholesterolemia without concomitantly increasing LDL-serum cholesterol, in a human subject requiring such treatment, which method comprises orally administering to the patient an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition in which the active ingredients comprise a mixture of fatty acids, wherein said mixture comprises at least about 60% by weight a combination of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in a weight ratio of EPA:DHA of from about 1.4: 1 to about 5:1, wherein said combination is at least about 60% in the triglyceride form of the fatty acids and the balance is at least about 80% of mono and di-glycerides.
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