omega 3 capsules

[Purpled]

Hi

Does anyone take Omega three oil for heart health and can you take it if you are taking daily aspirin?

[Etzel]

I was prescribed Omacor and aspirin after my MI, they stopped the Omacor after the recommended year and I just bought Asda Omega 3 which I use to this day,

[Purpled in reply to Etzel]

Hmm, I was looking at the omega capsules in boots yeaterday and when I asked for advise I was told that they thin the blood and not to take them with aspirin or blood thinners ?

[Etzel in reply to Purpled]

Maybe the advice has changed since my prescription but mine were definitely both prescribed at the same time, that was 14yrs ago. Don't forget aspirin isn't a blood thinner in the way that Dabigatran/Warfarin are, maybe the Boots person was just reading from generic advice. As others have said check with your doctor they will have the latest advice.

[Beta70]

I took a well known expensive brand of flax seed oil capsules which are described as a rich source of OMEGA 3 alongside Clopidogrel a blood thinner for a few months before watching a you tube channel. The you tuber said taking flax seed oil had made her hair fall out and having stopped it, it had grown back again. I was really interested in this as my hair had been falling out for a few months but I put it down to getting older and repeatedly using hairdryers and straighteners. I stopped taking it immediately and also stopped using shampoos and conditioners containing sulfates. Surprisingly my hair has now grown back to the thick curly bush it was before. I suppose all things affect people differently and different brands contain substances we may not have used before.

[Purpled in reply to Beta70]

Hmm interesting I was advised that they work the same as blood thinners so don’t take with aspirin or other thinners. I was on atorvastatin and they thinned my hair terribly.

[Dogloverxthree]

I was told not to take omega 3 fish oil as it thins blood and I am on apixaban

[Purpled in reply to Dogloverxthree]

thankyoux

[TMeditation]

I have taken Omega 3 oils for years and continued their use once I began taking aspirin 4 years ago. No-one identified a problem to me and they all knew. I intend to continue with both.

[Purpled in reply to TMeditation]

Thankyou for reply, so your heart team thinks it’s ok then. The pharmacist advised me not to take with aspirin or blood thinners so was confused.

[TMeditation in reply to Purpled]

I take my omega oils to help my multiple sclerosis and both my MS consultant and my cardiologist know I take both. Neither have identified it as an issue. However, if I were you I’d get one of your medical people to just clarify that for you - maybe it’s a problem together with other medications you’re taking. It’s a minefield isn’t it when you get conflicting opinions. Go on and nail someone down to give you a definitive answer. Good luck. Sue

[CyclingTime]

Must admit I just work mackerel or salmon in to my diet a couple of times a week plus have Omega 3 seeds in my breakfast cereal. Can't be doing with more pills lol

[Purpled in reply to CyclingTime]

Don’t blame you but I don’t eat any fish so wondered if taking the oil would be benificial but told not to take with aspirin or blood thinners.

[DippyDingDong]

I take plant based omega 3 capsules as I don't eat fish.

[Purpled in reply to DippyDingDong]

Thankyou, do you also take any aspirin or blood thinners?

[DippyDingDong in reply to Purpled]

Oops, missed your question, no I dont

[Wooodsie]

I take it. It is recommended by a few heart surgeons.

[Purpled in reply to Wooodsie]

Thankyou x

[Sixtychick]

I reduced my omega 3 to 500mg from 1000mg when put on Edoxaban anti-coagulant and the Drs seem happy with that.

[Purpled in reply to Sixtychick]

Thankyoux

[Taviterry]

I've mentioned in a couple of other threads that I have a nutritionist friend that sells health products through multi-level-marketing. Over the past few years I've had at least eight medium-pressure sales talks from her about Omega 3 supplements, then an intense one soon after my TAVI in July that ended with me putting my hands over my face. (She's Ukrainian, and I thought "why aren't you back home interrogating Russian prisoners?"!) My own Internet research suggests that, as I'm on Clopidogrel, I would need to be careful and limit any daily intake of the Omega 3 pills to 2 or 3g.

Heck, she's just given me a Christmas present of 800mg pills, with the packet recommending that I take two a day - and warning that "if taking blood-thinner supplements, consult your doctor before using". OK, I would be under the 2g level, but I would rather not take yet another pill. I already eat a lot of fish.