Studies also show you do NOT need DHA and DHA can be detrimental, you want pure EPA or very high EPA to DHA ratio

if you want the purest Omega3 EPA without all the contaminants that are in OTC supplement nonsense (they are completely unregulated and untested by batch)

ask your doctor for a script of generic VASCEPA

CostPlusDrugs has the cheapest generic Vascepa that I've found

The dose is usually two pills a day but trust me on this, start with one for a long time, it takes your GI a long time to handle it without bathroom urgency

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5282870/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uoQUM30Ess

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sfdlkj3jk342a 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Your link doesn't say anything about dementia. Do you have any source that shows EPA is more beneficial than DHA?

What I found from a quick search says the opposite:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4019002/

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ck2 5 hours ago | parent [-]

sorry it requires a little detective work

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7760937/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3534764/

> "An X-ray diffraction study found that EPA and DHA exert different effects on the lipid bilayer of cell membranes. EPA readily incorporates into the cell membrane core and stabilizes it, whereas DHA does not"

> "Why does this matter? Cell membranes are essential for cellular function: not only do they provide structural support for cells, but they also facilitate cell-to-cell communication and nutrient/toxin transport. Different effects of EPA and DHA on membrane stability likely elicit different effects in cell signaling. A second study revealed that in addition to stabilizing cell membranes, EPA is also protective against harmful reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation"

basically EPA modulates the immune system, DHA does not

	▲	sfdlkj3jk342a 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's evidence of possible low-level protective mechanisms, but what really matters in the end is the effect on cognition, which in RCTs have favored DHA.