Omega 3 Fish Oil Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Krill Oil
What is Omega 3 Fish Oil?
Fish oil is available in various preparations including liquid and capsules. Fish oil is recommended for a healthy diet because it contains the omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), precursors to eicosanoids that reduce inflammation throughout the body.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| General health | 160 |
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10 | ||
| Slow my ALS progress | 51 |
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3 | |||
| Other | 12 |
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2 | |||
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 2 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Omega 3 Fish Oil. See all 39 dosages ►
| - as needed | daily | 1 daily | 1 g daily | 1 mg daily | 1 tps. daily | 2 tbs. daily | 2 tps. daily | 3 mg daily | 4 g daily | 10 mg daily | 100 daily | 100 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 180 mg daily | 200 daily | 200 mg daily | 350 mg daily | 400 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 800 mg daily | 850 mg daily | 1000 daily | 1000 mg daily | 1030.5 mg daily | 1100 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 1360 mg daily | 1500 mg daily | 2000 daily | 2000 mg daily | 2126 mg daily | 2200 mg daily | 2400 mg daily | 3000 mg daily | 3400 mg daily | 4000 mg daily | 4630 mg daily | 6000 mg daily | ||
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93
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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4
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1
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1
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1
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4
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1
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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37
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1
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1
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9
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1
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1
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1
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8
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1
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1
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3
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6
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1
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2
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1
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5
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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27 | 51% |
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Did not seem to work
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12 | 23% |
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Not indicated
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6 | 11% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 6% |
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Expense
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3 | 6% |
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Personal research
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3 | 6% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 2% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 12 patient evaluations
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- editman
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: none
- See profile
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- editman
- 600 mg daily
- since Sep 11, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- drmnsngn
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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- drmnsngn
- since Oct 01, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips use with other supplements See full evaluation
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- janik
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
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- janik
- daily
- since Dec 01, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 12 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.