Omega 3's and Lung Injuries

When looking for a way to help reverse the effects of Acute lung injuries, someone thought up the idea of using fatty acids to increase plasma in the lungs to help these patients so they wouldn't need the use of a ventilator.  While a good idea it seemed on paper, the actual study proved to not work out quite so well in the long run.  While using Omega 3 fatty acids id increase the plasma level in the lungs, this plasma increase didn't affect the acute lung injuries that the patients already had.  While it didn't improve the injury at all, it actually ended up making it worse.  The study actually had to be stopped early because patients taking the Omega 3 regiment had more days where they needed the use of a ventilator and ended up spending more days in intensive care.  So while it was thought that Omega 3's could be a very useful healing source, it appears that these essential fatty acids definitely are not a form of miracle drug that can be used to fix lung injuries.

A link to the study can be found here