November 23, 2021 marked a new channel of collaboration between Gulf Medical University and IVPN-Network, the second joint IVPN-AR after the first one on Pain Management in June 2021. Through an interdisciplinary approach of inviting a nutritionist, pharmacist and a physician, this IVPN-AR aims to summarize published results from cardiovascular outcomes trials with omega-3 fatty acid interventions. Dr. Ahmad El Ouweini, a clinical lecturer in GMU’s college of pharmacy and clinical pharmacist & preceptor in Thumbay University Hospital, delivered a presentation where he differentiated between “supplement” vs. “prescription” Omega 3 Fatty Acids (FAs), reviewed the literature and guidelines recommendations around the cardiovascular benefits of Omega 3 FAs, and finally discussed the main counseling points on Omega 3 FAs.
