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Endocrine Abstracts (2015) 37 EP1280 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.37.EP1280

ECE2015 Eposter Presentations Clinical Cases–Thyroid/Other (101 abstracts)

The use of omega-3 free fatty and medium chain triglycerides in combination with GLP1 and SGLT2 in the management of obesity and severe refractory hypertriglyceridaemia

Yusniza Yusoff 1 , Yong Sy Liang 1 , Foo Geong Taat 1 & Khoo Kah Lin 2


1Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia; 2Pantai Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


Hypertriglyceridaemia and obesity are common encounter in diabetic patients. It is often refractory to conventional treatment especially those with a very high triglyceride (TG) levels. The institution of medium chain diet (MCT) and fish oil in addition to the liraglutide and SGLT2 and conventional insulin has rendered significant and a satisfactory triglyceride, and glucose level as well as weight reduction. We would like to illustrate a case of 35 years old lady with a different treatment modality apart from the current general approach in managing obesity and hypertriglyceridaemia. There was marked reduction in HbA1c, 12.1–9.2% within 2 months. This is accompanied with weight reduction of 6 kg within four months. While the triglyceride levels steadily decreasing from 32.3 to 3.18 mmol/l and remained so throughout the treatment. There was no side effect observe at this period of treatment.

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