Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 On Wednesday 07 February 2001 06:17, Ronnie wrote: >>Is anyone out there using Fish Oil Supplements? Cod liver oil. People think I'm weird, but I just love the stuff. I take 10 ml a day, when I remember (I forgot yesterday - I sometimes do). > Fish Oil seems to be VERY laxative. I haven't noticed. > I'm trying > the intero coated type. It's supposed to be 3 times as effective so you > only take 3 pills a day. Is the benefit worth the ordeal? 3 pills a day, with probably 1 ml per pill (guess)? How about taking 10 ml of cod liver oil a day instead? Even if it is 3 times less effective, you're still (slightly) better off, in pocket I'd guess, as well as in effectiveness. The oil will pass through your system, and it is now believed may help your gut, as well as the vitamins in the oil being extremely good for you. Therefore, the more oil you can take, the better for you (up to the reommended dose of course!). I also regularly eat oily fish - mackerel being my favourite. I usually get through a 125g (4.5oz) tin a day. Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 Hi Ronnie : I take a form of fish oil - but in a soft gel cap. I use "Super EGA" from Vitamin Shoppe. The EGA is supposed to be the good stuff in the oil. Maybe it would be easier on your stomach. I also take Primrose Oil the same way. Between the two, it provides the Omega 3 and Omega 6 oils recommended for the gut. I take 1000 mg of each twice a day...Dean. rheumatic Fish Oil Supplements Is anyone out there using Fish Oil Supplements? My Rheumatologist suggested I try them for Psoriatic Arthritis. I didn't try them earlier because the thought of it while I was on Sulfasalasine and Methotrexate didn't appeal to me. Now that I am taking Minocine it didn't seem so sickening. The problem is every time I take one it's like a bad vacation in Mexico. Fish Oil seems to be VERY laxative. Has it worked for any of you? I'm trying the intero coated type. It's supposed to be 3 times as effective so you only take 3 pills a day. Is the benefit worth the ordeal? Ronnie E. To unsubscribe, email: rheumatic-unsubscribeegroups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 >>Is anyone out there using Fish Oil Supplements? >> I've used them a lot, since the beginning of my diagnosis. I take salmon oil capsules. I've never had the laxative problem from them. I wonder if there isn't something that goes on in the digestive process in the stomach that could make that difference? Perhaps you could try one that is not enteric coated for awhile and see. I took at the outset 5-6 one gram capsules a day, and still take some, but have had to cut back on my supplements for financial reasons. Liz G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 Ok here I go again.....I am really curious about something. I am seriously considering this ProEFA. How did you guys get started? Did you get your dr involved for mineral testing etc? How do you know how much to give? What are the key things I want to make sure are in this supplement (Omega 3 and 6, EFA, EPA, DHA, etc)? Why is it 23.00 one place and 10.00 another? Help me please!!!!! I want to do this but want to do the right thing. Thanks. ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 [ ] Oral Apraxia but verbally phonological At 2 years old my son had 5 words and was diagnosed with oral apraxia, we assumed verbal apraxia would follow - he had all of the classic oral apraxia signs and still has a lot of them now. I started him on the fish oil supplement and he started pretty intense speech therapy with an instructor who uses PROMPT. He is now 2 1/2, and about three months ago his speech really started to take offf and he went from a 50 word vocabulary to a 250 (+) word vocabulary and speaks in full sentences - in about 3 months after therapy. He now attempts to imitate everything we say, however his articulation is very poor. He has trouble with the labial sounds and consistently substitutes M for N, B for D, P for D - he calls me Nonny etc... Now the therapists that he goes to (he has two - one ei and one private) both agree that verbally he is phonological, not apraxic since he is so consistent in his constanent substitution and his speach seems effortless. However, they still think orally he is apraxic since he can't do most oral motor things on command. His tongue sounds (d,n,y,s,t) are age appropriate, but he has trouble sticking out and moving his tongue on command. Everything I have read says that Oral and verbal apraxia seem to go together. One of my speech therapists even suggested that he was verbally apraxic and that it turned into a phonological disorder the he got a plan - but three months seems so fast. Has anyone else ever heard a case like this where a child was Orally apraxic and not verbally apraxic or where they were verbally apraxic and then became phonologically impaired ? don't ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 When Mark was first diagnosed w/apraxia by his neurologist but said, don't worry about it, I went on the internet researching anything I could find out about apraxia. I got to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 Thank you Selena! ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 RE: [ ]fish oil supplements When Mark was first diagnosed w/apraxia by his neurologist but said, don't worry about it, I went on the internet researching anything I could find out about apraxia. I got to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 Ok how many of you have tried Pro-EFA vs. Efalex? And what do you see is the difference? ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 RE: [ ]fish oil supplements When Mark was first diagnosed w/apraxia by his neurologist but said, don't worry about it, I went on the internet researching anything I could find out about apraxia. I got to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 How do you know how much to give your child? ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 RE: [ ]fish oil supplements When Mark was first diagnosed w/apraxia by his neurologist but said, don't worry about it, I went on the internet researching anything I could find out about apraxia. I got to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 When we first started Mark, he was 15 mo old. I started on one capsule of ProEFA daily. Then at 18 mo, added one capsule of ProEPA. By 24 mo I upped both to 2 caps a day. Hope this information helps. Selena Re: [ ]fish oil supplements How do you know how much to give your child? ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Thanks Selena. What made you add ProEPA? ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 RE: [ ]fish oil supplements When we first started Mark, he was 15 mo old. I started on one capsule of ProEFA daily. Then at 18 mo, added one capsule of ProEPA. By 24 mo I upped both to 2 caps a day. Hope this information helps. Selena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Ok so squirting it in her mouth wasnt a picnic......lol She cried like her heart was broken but she is fine now. I think its worth knowing she got it and crying for 2 seconds than putting it in a bowl of something. Her juice worked yesterday too.....we should have alot of fun experiencing foods. I really dont think I'd have a problem with ketchup.....she makes sure its allll gone! ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 On the old http://www.apraxia.cc website, mentioned that she had added the EPA and there was extra benefit. I added it and Mark did and still continues to benefit from it. Selena -----Original Message----- Thanks Selena. What made you add ProEPA? ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2003 Report Share Posted August 4, 2003 Ok I need to keep up with all that. ~Angie May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5 RE: [ ]fish oil supplements On the old http://www.apraxia.cc website, mentioned that she had added the EPA and there was extra benefit. I added it and Mark did and still continues to benefit from it. Selena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Hi All, Would anyone who is taking fish oil supplements be willing to post what brands you prefer, the mg you take, how often you take them and where you get them from? Thanks! Carmella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I get mine from Costco. O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Generic fish oil? I'm generally a fan of generics (manufactured in the US), but fish oil is a little different, since there's a risk of contaminants (heavy metal, mercury and other PCB pollutants) in fish oil products that aren't highly refined, and these heavy metals are neurotoxins. Rather than selecting any generic on the shelf, I'd lean toward a generic that has a verifiable third party certification of purity on label, i.e. USP. Dr. Sears, the doctor who wrote The Zone Diet, also recommends a home test to see if there are heavy metals in the oil. He suggests emptying several capsules into a small container...like a lid or thimble...then freezing it for five hours. If a toothpick goes through it easily, then it doesn't have serious levels of contamination. In addition, he recommends using your nose to detect if it's rancid or oxidized. I've tested both of the fish oils I have in the house and they've both passed the crude freezer test, but the Costco brand (which is very inexpensive) actually smelled better. Some use flax seed oil instead of fish oil to get Omega-3's due to being vegetarian or concerned about the heavy metals. Wouldn't hurt to research and discuss the subject with your doctor before using. Carmella: Just go to your local pharmacy and get the generic. Marin fish oil supplements Hi All, Would anyone who is taking fish oil supplements be willing to post what brands you prefer, the mg you take, how often you take them and where you get them from? Thanks! Carmella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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