Hi everyone i would like to know if i can take prozac and omega 3 at the same time or at different hours,
is it safe to take both or taking both is dangerous.
just wanna know because i would like to start taking omega 3 since i had heard so many good things about it. so anyways thanks in advanced for your response.|||There is no direct interaction between omega-3 (specifically in this case, it would be the EPA that's relevant) and prozac. ie: there is no toxicity issue.
HOWEVER... therapeutic dosages of DHA (into the range of 2,000-3,000mg/d) will **raise serotonin levels.** So you may have to (be able to) reduce your prozac dosage!
Yes, you can take them at the same time. But know that your fish oil supplement must be taken with meals to optimize absorbance.
Note: Your prescribing physician should be aware that you're starting the fish oil supplements. And you should be assessed periodically (beginning about 2 months after you start the fish oils) to ensure that you're not over-medicating.|||Yes, it's safe. Prozac is an antidepressant and the Omega 3 is just fish oils. They won't interfere with each other. I take potassium supplements (prescribed!) for a severe deficiency and am able to take it with anything, no big deal and potassium is much more serious than Omegas. I just bought some Omega 3 yesterday for my husband and I, good for heart health among other things. Go for it and good luck with the Prozac.|||You're best off not taking Prozac at all. Don't be a victim of the medical e$tabli$hment and BIG PHARMA.
It interferes with your thyroid and many other functions. The active ingredient Fluoxetine (like Fluoride, DANGEROUS) has been shown to cause severe liver dysfunction such as hepatitis.
Read:
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http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?鈥?/a>|||Yeah, my sister does that. She's on Prozac and a million vitamins and what not, and she's just fine. Check with your pharmacist just to be on the safe side, though.|||yes you can. the two have no connection on their methods of action in the body whatsoever.|||it's best to check with a pharmacist or doctor. most of us here are not in the position to give you proper medical advice
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
What can I do to keep the Omega-3 Fish Oil pills I'm taking from upsetting my stomach?
I have begun to take Omega-3 Fish Oil pills for my heart and my wife is taking them for our baby. When we take them, however, they cause significant gas and upset stomach. Is there something we can take with the pills to keep that from happening so we can get the health benefits without the upset stomach?|||There could be artificial additives or may not use a process that removes harmful contaminants. Manufacturers are not required by the FDA to list all ingredients on the label. I suggest switching brands - you really do get what you pay for when it comes to vitamins and supplements. I take and recommend all natural OmegaGuard. It's ultra pure and a pharmaceutical grade and uses low temperature, triple molecular distillation and purification process that concentrates natural beneficial omega 3 fatty acids and helps remove harmful contaminants including heavy metals lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, dioxins and PCBs.
Hope this is helpful and feel free to contact me with questions.|||Keep the pills refrigerated so the oil won't be racid. My husband uses Omega-3 oil in a bottle and squeezes a little on toasted whole wheat bread every a.m. for breakfast. He doesn't have any problems - keeps it in the frig..|||Try taking the pills with milk, so it'll coat your stomach.|||You have to take small steps in order to get your body used to the fish oil.
My suggestions:
1-Start with 1 capsule of 1.000 mg a day with empty stomach. If after 3 -5 things are not going well try it AFTER you have eaten.
2- Once your stomach accepts 1 capsule add the 2nd and 3rd, etc one day after the next.
3-If you don麓t get off first base, try a different brand of fish oil.
Alfredo E.|||you can get in liquid. keep it refrigerated. no problems with me.
you can always put it on food if you dont want to eat straight.|||It may be the ones you are using. I used some last year that did the same with my stomach so I sought out some advice, changed the brand I was using and things have been fine with the brand I use now. Try www.myhealthabc.net, most of the sight is about losing weight, but there is a nutritonal coach who works there and he can advise you on what would be best for the both of you, plus you can get free advice on your diet and health in general. There is an email link and toll free number on the site so you can get help. I used this guy and he was great, my health has really improved since getting his advice and using the products he recommended. Good luck.
Hope this is helpful and feel free to contact me with questions.|||Keep the pills refrigerated so the oil won't be racid. My husband uses Omega-3 oil in a bottle and squeezes a little on toasted whole wheat bread every a.m. for breakfast. He doesn't have any problems - keeps it in the frig..|||Try taking the pills with milk, so it'll coat your stomach.|||You have to take small steps in order to get your body used to the fish oil.
My suggestions:
1-Start with 1 capsule of 1.000 mg a day with empty stomach. If after 3 -5 things are not going well try it AFTER you have eaten.
2- Once your stomach accepts 1 capsule add the 2nd and 3rd, etc one day after the next.
3-If you don麓t get off first base, try a different brand of fish oil.
Alfredo E.|||you can get in liquid. keep it refrigerated. no problems with me.
you can always put it on food if you dont want to eat straight.|||It may be the ones you are using. I used some last year that did the same with my stomach so I sought out some advice, changed the brand I was using and things have been fine with the brand I use now. Try www.myhealthabc.net, most of the sight is about losing weight, but there is a nutritonal coach who works there and he can advise you on what would be best for the both of you, plus you can get free advice on your diet and health in general. There is an email link and toll free number on the site so you can get help. I used this guy and he was great, my health has really improved since getting his advice and using the products he recommended. Good luck.
What part of the fish contains the omega 3 fatty acids? my friend says it is mostly in the skin of the fish?
She claims her deli person said that most of the omega 3 is in the skin.|||Your deli person is wrong. The omega 3 fatty acids are found in all parts of the fish, especially in the flesh of the meat. That is actually only true if the fish is wild and NOT farm raised. Like the cows that are being fed grain, the farmed fish are being fed feed that the fish do not normally eat in the wild. This has caused them to be severely deficient in omega 3 fatty acids and high in omega 6 fatty acids. The same problem that has happened to cows eating in feed lots.
This makes the fish unhealthy and that is why they feed them so much antibiotics. The way you can tell if a fish is farm fed or wild is to look at their fat. The farm fed fish have many streaks of fat running in the meat; whereas the wild fish have very little fat in the meat, just like grain fed cows that are very unhealthy for the same reason.
It's much cheaper to have farm raised fish and grain fed cows and they get fatter faster. It's just another way the food industry has corrupted our food supplies and just another reason Americans are head to head with being the sickest nation in the world.
I would hope some of the other countries in the world will start sending missionaries to the U.S. to show people how to have good food. The U.S. now ranks 45th in longevity. That means 44 countries in the world have people living longer than Americans do.
good luck to you
This makes the fish unhealthy and that is why they feed them so much antibiotics. The way you can tell if a fish is farm fed or wild is to look at their fat. The farm fed fish have many streaks of fat running in the meat; whereas the wild fish have very little fat in the meat, just like grain fed cows that are very unhealthy for the same reason.
It's much cheaper to have farm raised fish and grain fed cows and they get fatter faster. It's just another way the food industry has corrupted our food supplies and just another reason Americans are head to head with being the sickest nation in the world.
I would hope some of the other countries in the world will start sending missionaries to the U.S. to show people how to have good food. The U.S. now ranks 45th in longevity. That means 44 countries in the world have people living longer than Americans do.
good luck to you
Is there any evidence that shows taking Omega-3 pills is not as effective as eating the equivalent in fish?
There's always a fuss that "natural is better"'. I'm curious if there are any studies that show that eating coldwater fish is more effective than taking an equivalent supplement of Omega-3 Pills.|||It is exactly the other way around, taking supplements is not only more effective but healthier. Let me explain:
It is a very well known fact of life that this earth is becoming more contaminated every day. The situation has reached such a level that most water, specially ocean water, is contaminated with everything we put in the air. Rain brings many of these pollutants down to the oceans.
When fish eat algae, plankton and smaller fish they absorb mercury. This mercury comes from the millions of tons of daily coal burning in electric generation, all over the world.
You may not get sick from eating fish from time to time. But if you are seriously thinking of getting the benefits of omega 3, you better believe me, all fish is contaminated with mercury. For example, just one 1000-mg capsule of fish oil(my minimum dosage recommendation is 3 grams/day) provides about the same amount of valuable marine fatty acids as 4 ounces of salmon. That is a lot of salmon, if you want to cover the minimum omega 3, even if you love it.
If all fish is contaminated with mercury and other toxins, are fish oil supplements free of them?.
Most of the omega 3 fish oil you find today in the general market is produced by a process called molecular distillation. The consumer information written on theses supplements indicate that they are safe to take.
For example, ConsumerLab.com found no detectable levels of mercury (less than 1.5 parts per billion) in more than 40 fish oil products analyzed. Consumer Reports also recently tested several popular brands and found that none contained significant levels of mercury, dioxins or PCBs. All that confirms the benefit of fish oil supplements. For more information you can visit http://www.consumerlab.com/results/omega鈥?/a>
These good news of the benefit of fish oil supplements are important for those taking high therapeutic doses to treat neurological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression.
It is a very well known fact of life that this earth is becoming more contaminated every day. The situation has reached such a level that most water, specially ocean water, is contaminated with everything we put in the air. Rain brings many of these pollutants down to the oceans.
When fish eat algae, plankton and smaller fish they absorb mercury. This mercury comes from the millions of tons of daily coal burning in electric generation, all over the world.
You may not get sick from eating fish from time to time. But if you are seriously thinking of getting the benefits of omega 3, you better believe me, all fish is contaminated with mercury. For example, just one 1000-mg capsule of fish oil(my minimum dosage recommendation is 3 grams/day) provides about the same amount of valuable marine fatty acids as 4 ounces of salmon. That is a lot of salmon, if you want to cover the minimum omega 3, even if you love it.
If all fish is contaminated with mercury and other toxins, are fish oil supplements free of them?.
Most of the omega 3 fish oil you find today in the general market is produced by a process called molecular distillation. The consumer information written on theses supplements indicate that they are safe to take.
For example, ConsumerLab.com found no detectable levels of mercury (less than 1.5 parts per billion) in more than 40 fish oil products analyzed. Consumer Reports also recently tested several popular brands and found that none contained significant levels of mercury, dioxins or PCBs. All that confirms the benefit of fish oil supplements. For more information you can visit http://www.consumerlab.com/results/omega鈥?/a>
These good news of the benefit of fish oil supplements are important for those taking high therapeutic doses to treat neurological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression.
How omega-six fatty acids are related to thromboxane and prosta glandin?
How omega-six fatty acids are related to thromboxane and prosta glandin?|||Prostaglandin H2 is derived from arachidonic acid, an 蠅-6 fatty acid. The thomboxanes and other prostaglandins are derives from prostaglandin H2.
Is it dangerous if I take more Omega 3 pills than the bottle says?
The bottle says 3 per day, but sometimes I take 4 or 5 if I judge that my Omega 6 intake was higher that day (striving to keep a 1:2 Omega3:Omega6 balance).
Is this dangerous?|||We all know that omega 3 fatty acids are crucial for good health, but can we suffer from an omega-3 overdose?
Unfortunately, the answer will depend.
For omega-3 sources that you get from plants and nuts, such as flaxseed, and walnuts, it's very hard to overdose.
However, these are not the best sources for omega 3 fatty acids as there are three types of omega 3 fats: ALA, DHA and EPA.
The ALA form is what you find in plant forms like flaxseed. ALA needs to be converted by the body into DHA and EPA before use. This conversion may not happen efficiently for a variety of possible reasons.
Fish oils are the best source of DHA and EPA omega 3 fatty acids.
This is where the answer to Omega-3 Overdose will vary. It will depend on the fish source being used (in supplements) or consumed.
If you are taking cod liver oil, for example, which has a very high Vitamin A content, you can overdose....because Vitamin A is toxic is large amounts. Keep in mind it's the Vitamin A that is toxic here, not the omega-3 fats.
However, there are species of fish that are very high in beneficial DHA and EPA with extremely low Vitamin A content, which makes overdosing practicually nil because they are not produced from the liver.
Now this doesn't mean you want to overdo it by taking as much omega-3 fatty acids as you can. If you are an adult in good health, you can probably take 1 to 2 grams a day to maintain good health.
This is just a general rule of thumb.
If you have a specific health condition, the amount you take will vary.
However, most people, being deficient in omega 3 fatty acids, should consider taking the aforementioned 1 to 2 grams of omega 3 fatty acids per day.
One omega-3 warning to keep in mind is that omega 3 oils act as blood thinners. This can be beneficial for people who have clumpy, "sticky" blood. Blood thinners may help the blood flow more easily through arteries, benefiting the functioning of the heart. But too many blood thinners can post certain risks as well.
It's not that omega-3's are dangerous in this regard. It's just that if you are already taken blood thinners (whether over-the-counter or prescription) you should talk to your doctor before adding omega-3 supplements to your daily health regimen to make sure you aren't thinning your blood too much.
Overall for most people in the Western world, the problem isn't one of an omega-3 overdose, but not getting enough of these vital fats, which help improve brain and heart health, and do so much more.
1 to 2 grams a day of a purified, high quality, omega 3 rich fish oil supplement with low Vitamin A content is one of the best things the vast majority of Westerners can do to improve their health.|||Yes, overdose of vitamins is also bad
Is this dangerous?|||We all know that omega 3 fatty acids are crucial for good health, but can we suffer from an omega-3 overdose?
Unfortunately, the answer will depend.
For omega-3 sources that you get from plants and nuts, such as flaxseed, and walnuts, it's very hard to overdose.
However, these are not the best sources for omega 3 fatty acids as there are three types of omega 3 fats: ALA, DHA and EPA.
The ALA form is what you find in plant forms like flaxseed. ALA needs to be converted by the body into DHA and EPA before use. This conversion may not happen efficiently for a variety of possible reasons.
Fish oils are the best source of DHA and EPA omega 3 fatty acids.
This is where the answer to Omega-3 Overdose will vary. It will depend on the fish source being used (in supplements) or consumed.
If you are taking cod liver oil, for example, which has a very high Vitamin A content, you can overdose....because Vitamin A is toxic is large amounts. Keep in mind it's the Vitamin A that is toxic here, not the omega-3 fats.
However, there are species of fish that are very high in beneficial DHA and EPA with extremely low Vitamin A content, which makes overdosing practicually nil because they are not produced from the liver.
Now this doesn't mean you want to overdo it by taking as much omega-3 fatty acids as you can. If you are an adult in good health, you can probably take 1 to 2 grams a day to maintain good health.
This is just a general rule of thumb.
If you have a specific health condition, the amount you take will vary.
However, most people, being deficient in omega 3 fatty acids, should consider taking the aforementioned 1 to 2 grams of omega 3 fatty acids per day.
One omega-3 warning to keep in mind is that omega 3 oils act as blood thinners. This can be beneficial for people who have clumpy, "sticky" blood. Blood thinners may help the blood flow more easily through arteries, benefiting the functioning of the heart. But too many blood thinners can post certain risks as well.
It's not that omega-3's are dangerous in this regard. It's just that if you are already taken blood thinners (whether over-the-counter or prescription) you should talk to your doctor before adding omega-3 supplements to your daily health regimen to make sure you aren't thinning your blood too much.
Overall for most people in the Western world, the problem isn't one of an omega-3 overdose, but not getting enough of these vital fats, which help improve brain and heart health, and do so much more.
1 to 2 grams a day of a purified, high quality, omega 3 rich fish oil supplement with low Vitamin A content is one of the best things the vast majority of Westerners can do to improve their health.|||Yes, overdose of vitamins is also bad
Can you take birth control while taking Omega 3 fatty acid pills?
Ok I heard that omega 3 fatty acid pills can make you healthier to be able to conceive but I was also going to take birth control to regulate my period. We're not trying to conceive again yet but the first time it didn't happen so I figured this was the problem. So my question is can you take the fatty acid pills while taking birth control.|||Yes, you can take both, they do not interact with each other. Omega-3 pills are simply another supplement, like taking vitamin c.
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