Fish oil ‘no benefit’ for MS

Omega-3 fish oil supplements may not have any beneficial effects for multiple sclerosis sufferers.

Researchers studied 92 patients, half of whom were given omega-3 and half a “dummy” placebo. After six months, all patients received beta inferferon injections, a standard MS treatment, for another 18 months. Brain scans were used to measure disease activity.

The results did not show any beneficial effects of omega-3 supplementation on MS activity as a monotherapy or combined with beta inferferon.