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Do fish oil capsules interfere with the absorption of medicines?

Asked by cdwccrn (3620points) February 22nd, 2009 from iPhone

Wondering if one of my prescription mess( the most important-tegretol) is being absorbed properly.

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A_Beaverhausen's avatar

idk, but man are they sick. my boyfriend gets nasty, stinky, fishy, burps from them. yuck.

chyna's avatar

@A_Beaverhausen My dr. told me to freeze them and take them at night to avoid that. It seems to work for me. I don’t know the answer to the question either, but hope someone does, as I do take fish oil pills.

Milladyret's avatar

Fishoil does not interact badly with medication. If it did, your doctor would tell you that you can’t eat ANY fish and that would cause a lot of other problems.

And yes, fishoil-pills are better than pure oil when it comes to taste, and taking them at night helps agains those nasty burps…

Aster's avatar

I have seen several doctors on tv and when asked what supplements they take daily they all said, “fish oil.” It is extremely useful but if you take more than 2 you will probably get nauseated.
Many doctors say to take 2; one in the morning; one at night. They should not smell rancid in the bottle. Krill oil is supposed to be “the gold standard” for fish oil but I find it too expensive and just buy Carlson’s brand. And no; I never burp fish burps. I did the first day only.
If it interfered with anything I believe the tv guests would have mentioned it.

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