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I started a new medication and found my stomach hurt all day. Finally realized it was the fish oil that I started taking regularly again because of the other m
by rrauenza 9y ago
I started a new medication and found my stomach hurt all day. Finally realized it was the fish oil that I started taking regularly again because of the other med. It was also a new brand of fish oil.
How do you find fish oil that doesn't kill your stomach? Doesn't seem to matter if it's "burpless."
- awa 9y agoThere are 2 options: 1. Try enteric coated fish oil. I think it solves the burp problem. 2. Try a fish oil which is in triglyceride form e.g. https://www.costco.com/Pure-Alaska-Omega-Wild-Salmon-Oil-1000-mg.%2C-180-Softgels.product.11745704.html https://www.costco.com/Pure-Alaska-Omega-Wild-Salmon-Oil-100...
- scorpioxy 9y agoYou mean it hurts when taken together? I am sure you've tried this, but what happened when you separated them by a few hours? After or before food, etc? You might want to ask a pharmacist about this, I am not aware of any interaction like this that cannot be remedied by changing the supplementation time. Examine is also great at picking out the research.
- rrauenza 9y agoNo, there is a longer story ... which I'll go ahead and tell since it's a perfect example of correlation vs. causation. I remember to take my fish oil more regularly when I'm taking a prescribed medicine. At one point I switched brands, but also hadn't been taking it regularly. I started a new prescription and had stomach discomfort. I attributed it to the new med. So I stopped taking the new med, and it got better--- but that also meant I wasn't taking the fish oil regularly. Eventually I got regular about taking the fish oil again without the prescription med and went ... wait! I'm having that symptom that prescription made gave me! Correlation is not causation!