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Fish Oil and Eicosapentaenoic Acid: study protocols

10 study groups took Fish Oil together with Eicosapentaenoic Acid. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

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Dose per serving from research: Fish Oil

10 study groups in 9 studies say how much Fish Oil participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 5 g to 10 g, 50% of 10 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
1 g or less
1
1 g to 2.5 g
2
2.5 g to 5 g
2
5 g to 10 g
5

Dose per serving from research: Eicosapentaenoic Acid

9 study groups in 8 studies say how much Eicosapentaenoic Acid participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 1 g to 2.5 g, 56% of 9 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mg or less
1
100 mg to 250 mg
1
250 mg to 500 mg
0
500 mg to 1 g
0
1 g to 2.5 g
5
2.5 g to 5 g
2

Commonly used together

10 of 10 study groups took Fish Oil and Eicosapentaenoic Acid with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Docosahexaenoic Acid
10

10 study groups

Study
Omega-3 fatty acid supplements improve the cardiovascular risk profile of subjects with metabolic syndrome, including markers of inflammation and auto-immunity
2009 · fish-oil intervention group · Adults with metabolic syndrome; mean age 52.9 years; sex not specified
1 g180 mg26 weeks60
Effect of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in pregnancy on infants' allergies in first year of life: randomised controlled trial
2012 · n-3 LCPUFA group · Pregnant women from Adelaide whose unborn baby had a mother, father, or sibling with a history of medically diagnosed allergic disease
1.5 g100 mg—368
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation improves memory in first-diagnosed, drug-naïve patients with depression: Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial
2024 · n-3 PUFAs supplementation · Outpatients with first-diagnosed, drug-naïve depression receiving venlafaxine; age and sex not reported
2.4 g1.44 g12 weeks—
Fish oil amplifies the effect of propranolol in mild essential hypertension
1990 · Third subgroup: propranolol plus fish oil · Men with mild essential hypertension
9 g1.8 g12 weeks16
The effects of supplemental fish oil on blood pressure and morning cortisol in normotensive adults: a pilot study
2012 · Fish Oil (FO) · Adults, mean age 35±13 years, normotensive
4 g1.6 g6 weeks—
Prevention of Potential Adverse Metabolic Effects of a Supplementation with Omega-3 Fatty Acids Using a Genetic Score Approach
2020 · n-3 PUFA supplementation · Adults; age, sex, and health condition not specified
5 g—6 weeks210
Oral absorption of omega-3 fatty acids in patients with cystic fibrosis who have pancreatic insufficiency and in healthy control subjects
1994 · fish oil · Subjects without cystic fibrosis; mean age 13.4 years
8 g3.2 g6 weeks8
Oral absorption of omega-3 fatty acids in patients with cystic fibrosis who have pancreatic insufficiency and in healthy control subjects
1994 · fish oil · Patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency; mean age 12.2 years
8 g3.2 g6 weeks7
[Effect on the lipid profile of diet supplemented with fish oil concentrate]
1990 · n-3 treated group · male and female patients with cholesterol values higher than 7.0 mmol/l
6 g2.1 g12 weeks—
The immunomodulatory effects of fish-oil supplementation in elite paddlers: A pilot randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial
2015 · fish-oil capsules · male elite paddlers undertaking an increasing exercise program
6 g2.4 g4 weeks11
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