How do you get rich quick selling fish oil supplements? Easy. Create a synthetic version and get FDA approval

I’m sure you’ve experienced sticker shock.

You might call this “sticker electrocution.”

It comes from Dr. Spreen. He was a bit amazed to find a two-page ad for fish oil in the front of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Fish oil? Advertised in JAMA?

Ah, but there’s a catch.

This “fish oil” is actually a synthetic EPA — an omega-3 fatty acid. And because it’s synthetic, it’s an FDA-approved prescription drug.

In other words, it’s going to cost you.

After he told me about the ad, I received this follow up message…

“You better be sitting down…

“I spoke personally with 2 pharmacists, and asked what a patient would pay for the omega-3 (which isn’t even 2 omega-3s, just EPA alone).

“They come in a bottle of 120 capsules of 1 gram each (pretty typical).

“Now, forget what the patient pays for a bottle… What do you think the PHARMACIST pays for one bottle?

“Take a guess. This is pharmacist cost for a bottle of synthetic omega-3 capsules.

“Bear in mind, now, that you take 4 of these capsules/day, so this is a one-month supply only…

“Are you ready?

“The pharmacist pays $178 for 120 caps…He said the LEAST any pharmacist would let them go for would be around $200 PER BOTTLE.

“That’s $6.67 per DAY for a not-very-high dose of FISH OIL!”

And as Dr. Spreen pointed out, this is just EPA. Virtually all fish oil supplements combine EPA and DHA. And even in high potency, they’re a fraction of the cost of this new “drug.”

The sad thing is that doctors who once dismissed supplement use will prescribe this stuff. And unsuspecting patients will go along for the ride because insurance and Medicare will cover most of the cost.

What a racket!