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Posted by cherylann on July 31, 2004, at 21:09:09
I'm back on a combo of remeron and fish oil. The remeron doesn't work unless I take fish oil with it, but finding a good brand is hard. I was using a grocery store brand, but found something that has given me MUCH better results.
It's called Triomega. It only lists 500mgs of EPA and DHA with a ratio of 2:1. It's much stronger than the other brand, but also costs $10 for 30 softgels! That's only a one week supply for me.
So, now I've picked up a bottle of RxOmega-3 Factors. I haven't tried it yet, but I seem to remember someone mentioning that brand before, although nothing came up on a search.
Could anyone who's had success (or failure) with fish oil kindly post with the brand, ratio and cost?
Thanks so much!
cherylann
Posted by chemist on July 31, 2004, at 21:22:37
In reply to A show of hands on fish oil brands?, posted by cherylann on July 31, 2004, at 21:09:09
> I'm back on a combo of remeron and fish oil. The remeron doesn't work unless I take fish oil with it, but finding a good brand is hard. I was using a grocery store brand, but found something that has given me MUCH better results.
> It's called Triomega. It only lists 500mgs of EPA and DHA with a ratio of 2:1. It's much stronger than the other brand, but also costs $10 for 30 softgels! That's only a one week supply for me.
> So, now I've picked up a bottle of RxOmega-3 Factors. I haven't tried it yet, but I seem to remember someone mentioning that brand before, although nothing came up on a search.
> Could anyone who's had success (or failure) with fish oil kindly post with the brand, ratio and cost?
> Thanks so much!
> cherylannhello there, chemist here....for $13.49 (u.s.), i can purchase Solgar Natural MaxEPA, #120 (one hundred twenty) softgels. in each softgel, there are 180 mg EPA and 120 mg DHA. additionally (in that same softgel), are 2 IU of vitamin E, 1.25 mg cholesterol, 1 g total fat, and 10 calories. suggested dose is 2 softgels, so if you follow instructions, you get 1000 mg of EPA+DHA in what i believe is the appropriate rotio (larry will correct me, he knows all about this stuff), 3:2. all that said, i take 6 of these each day (3 softgels bid). i have satisfactory results with this, a total of 3 g of EPA+DHA. however, i do recall a higher dose is required for efficacy (around 9 g, again, larry will fix this if incorrect) but i am pleased as it stands......all the best, chemist
Posted by chemist on August 1, 2004, at 9:26:39
In reply to Re: A show of hands on fish oil brands? » cherylann, posted by chemist on July 31, 2004, at 21:22:37
2 softgels = 600 mg total of EPA+DHA in previous post, sorry.......all the best, chemist
Posted by KaraS on August 2, 2004, at 19:11:40
In reply to A show of hands on fish oil brands?, posted by cherylann on July 31, 2004, at 21:09:09
> I'm back on a combo of remeron and fish oil. The remeron doesn't work unless I take fish oil with it, but finding a good brand is hard. I was using a grocery store brand, but found something that has given me MUCH better results.
> It's called Triomega. It only lists 500mgs of EPA and DHA with a ratio of 2:1. It's much stronger than the other brand, but also costs $10 for 30 softgels! That's only a one week supply for me.
> So, now I've picked up a bottle of RxOmega-3 Factors. I haven't tried it yet, but I seem to remember someone mentioning that brand before, although nothing came up on a search.
> Could anyone who's had success (or failure) with fish oil kindly post with the brand, ratio and cost?
> Thanks so much!
> cherylann
I also take RxOmega-3 Factors. It's supposed to be very pure (Michael Murray endorsed). It's the #1 biggest seller on iHerb.com. It doesn't leave you with a fish oil taste either. Unfortunately I can only take one capsule a day (to prevent any deficiency - I can't tolerate more of any brand of fish oil without developing skin problems). Enzymatic Therapy is supposed to have a really good product as well though I don't have any of the stats for it. Hope it works for you.
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