Posted by jedi on February 13, 2006, at 3:13:03
In reply to Fish Oil:need cheap high potency w/enteric coating, posted by stan on February 11, 2006, at 12:12:12
Stan,
I use the Kirkland/Costco brand of enteric coated fish oil. I have a local store but it can be ordered online. Costco is a membership store. The controlled studies with omega-3s have used at least one gram (1000mg) of EPA for effective treatment of depression. I take 2400mg of EPA and 2000mg of DHA daily. This is ten of the Kirkland fish oil capsules spread out during the day. This dosage has allowed me to completely withdrawal from 90mg of Nardil. I have been taking Nardil off and on (mostly on) for ten years. The omega-3s are the only thing that has allowed me to stay off Nardil without recurring major depression. My diagnosis is treatment resistant, atypical, double depression, with social and generalized anxiety disorder. I’m pretty sure all of the PDOCs I’ve seen have missed a soft bipolar (bipolar II) aspect of this atypical depression. I still take 1mg of clonazepam daily. I am a firm believer in the omega-3 fatty acids and I’m sure more studies will confirm their efficacy over the next few years.
Good Luck,
JediLinks:
Costco/Kirkland Coated Enteric Fish Oil
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?ProdID=11071265#productinfoOmega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression: A review of the evidence and a methodological critique.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16337677&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum
> i recently bought some "spring valley" brand enteric coated fish oil from walmart -- these have 180 mg EPA & 120 mg DHA per softgel and three per day are recommended on the label. they have a pleasant vanilla smell and are no "aftertaste" -- they cost about $7.00 for a quantity of 120. they also carried a higher potency version (same brand) that had about 50% more EPA & DHA but the price was considerably more than 50% higher (i guess you have to pay up for the convenience of gobbling fewer pills per day). my questions:
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> should i stick to the spring valley brand, or has someone here found a better deal that would cost me less for the same amount of EPA/DHA? i wouldn't mind buying a lot at one time (it didn't seem that wal-mart had the enteric type in quantites greater than 120). please provide brand names and places to buy them, either online or in-store. ideally i'd like the softgels to be higher potency than what i have now to reduce the # i have to take each day, but i'm primarily interested in lowering costs.
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> is 540 mg EPA & 360 mg DHA an adequate amount to take each day? can i get away with less, or conversely, should i take more? thanks for any advice,
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> stan
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