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What is fish oil's maximum dosage?
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It depends: For routine cardiac prevention the recommended daily dose includes the epa and dha components together. This part should not exceed 1200 mg. 800 mg-1000 mg generally recommended. However, if you are taking it to lower your triglyceride level, higher doses like 2000 mg recommended. Not to exceed 4g. There is a higher risk of bleeding at this high dose so a doctor should see you first.
Answered 4/1/2013
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Don't maximize: There is no proven benefit above 200 mg of dha and epa each. Also, it can act as an anti-coagulant so high doses can be dangerous particularly if added to other anticoagulants like aspirin, coumadiin, plavix, (clopidogrel) etc.
Answered 4/1/2013
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