Posted by Louise on September 6, 1999, at 14:41:36
In reply to Omega 3's - , posted by Louise on September 6, 1999, at 14:39:59
> > Andy Stoll and colleagues did a small pilot study on this. They published their results in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/journals/archive/psyc/vol_56/no_5/yoa8185.htm).
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> > The doses required are prohibitively high, unfortunately. Hopefully more concentrated preparations will be available in the future.> Andy Stoll and colleagues did a small pilot study on this. They published their results in the May issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry (http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/journals/archive/psyc/vol_56/no_5/yoa8185.htm).
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> The doses required are prohibitively high, unfortunately. Hopefully more concentrated preparations will be available in the future.Seven capsules 2td does seem pretty high! But then again, if fish breath stops you from getting high then maybe we can just buy stronger toothpaste!
Does anyone know how the GLA amounts in capsules labelled 'pure fish oil'dose 1000mg each relate to the capsules used in the previously mentioned study. ("Subjects received 7 capsules twice daily, for a total daily 3 fatty acid dosage of 6.2 g of eicosapentanoic acid and 3.4 g of docosahexanoic acid").
Can someone please make sense of these doses?
BTW, a post hoc test on the research data showed that ALL those on no other meds had not relapsed for a significantly longer time (bearing in mind that when talking stats this may only be 5% longer which isn't much when you're talking about bipolar mood swings) when taking these doses of Omega 3. This sounds like good news though.
It would be good to see a comparative groups study examining various serum levels of Omega 3 as the ideal dose seems elusive.
Louise
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