The Daily Mail reported cod liver oil can cut the daily dose of anti-inflammatory drugs needed to ease the pain of arthritis.
The report is based on a small double-blind randomised controlled trial of 97 people aged 37 - 78 with rheumatoid arthritis for an average of 13 years and taking regular NSAID medication. The participants were randomly assigned to either daily capsules of cod liver oil and fish oil or a placebo over 9 months.
60% of participants completed the study, 39% in the cod liver oil group were able to reduce their NSAID intake by about 30% compared with the placebo group. The researchers concluded that cod liver oil capsules could be used by arthritis sufferers to cut their NASID intake.
The study was funded by a company that sells cod liver oil capsules and other food supplements and was published in the journal Rheumatology.
Source: "Cod liver oil (n-3 fatty acids) as an non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug sparing agent in rheumatoid arthritis" - Rheumatology, published online on March 24, 2008
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