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Treats high levels of triglycerides in your blood. This medicine is used together with diet, exercise, and weight loss to help control triglycerides.
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Omega-3-acid Ethyl Esters
Omacor
Uses
Treats high levels of triglycerides in your blood. This medicine is used together with diet, exercise, and weight loss to help control triglycerides.
Storage
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
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Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any leftover medicine after you have finished your treatment.
- You will also need to throw away old medicine after the expiration date has passed.
Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
How To Use
- APPEARANCE: Liquid Filled Capsule.
Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often.
- Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.
It is best to take this medicine with food or milk.
Carefully follow your doctor's instructions about any special diet.
Side Effects
- Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing.
Chest pain.
Fast or irregular heartbeat.
Fever, chills, cough, sore throat, body aches.
Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet.
Unusual bleeding.
Precautions
- You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to omega-3-acid ethyl esters.
Missed Dose
- If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, use it as soon as you can.
- If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use the medicine and skip the missed dose.
- Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
Drug Interactions
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding.
Tell your doctor if you have diabetes or an underactive thyroid, or if you are allergic to fish.
Your doctor will need to check your blood at regular visits while you are using this medicine.
- Be sure to keep all appointments.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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