Comments on: Schiff MegaRed Omega-3 Krill Oil 300 mg – 90 Softgels

By: Priscilla Romans

Priscilla Romans — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:28:01 +0000

I bought this for my mom a heart patient who must take fish oil daily. Her doctor told her to stick with the fish oil and not this he didn’t know anything about it. But she changed her regimine because she was tired of taking six fish oil capsules a day. After a few months she had her blood work redone and he doctor couldn’t believe how well it came back and told her to keep doing whatever she was doing because it was working. He also wrote down what she was using so he could recommend it to his patients instead of so many fish oil capsules a day. Not only did she reduce the number of pills she is taking daily but it showed better improvement in her blood work numbers than the fish oil had.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Auto Buyer's Pro

Auto Buyer's Pro — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:32:02 +0000

I was shopping price for this product (originally purchased at Costco) and noted the review that spoke about side effects. I’ve been taking this daily for the last 6 months and have had no side-effects of any kind. So, if this is the product you want, do not assume that it will cause side effects based on the one negative review.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: nctmac

nctmac — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:43:49 +0000

These Schiff MegaRed Omega-3 softgels are definately a keeper. Absolutely no aftertaste at all!!! The aftertaste was my biggest problem with other omega-3 fish oil softgels-made me sick in the stomach. The Schiff softgels are tiny, which is great for anyone who has difficulties with large size capsules/softgels. I love these and highly recommend =)
Rating: 5 / 5

By: M. cappello

M. cappello — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:36:23 +0000

Product is difficult to find in retail and was easily found through amazon. Was recommended by a doctor to try in the aid of lowering cholestral, and I, a person who cannot tolerate taking fish oil because of the size of the pill, let alone 3-6 a day, find Mega Red Krill sized right and easy, taking only 1 pill daily. Priced right and delivered efficiently.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Mr. Smarty

Mr. Smarty — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:20:40 +0000

I am a physician. I was on lipitor for about 4 years until I found out it was giving me rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown). The manufacturers of statins state that this is a rare side effect and I even counselled my patients that this is about a 1/200 incidence. Well after delving into the research a bit more it turns out that pretty much everyone taking statins has some degree of muscle pathology on biopsy, with the majority being subclinical...but not insignificant. Being a work-out nut this could not be tolerated.

I stopped the Lipitor and went on a low fat diet (20% fat) with Mega Red. To be fair I am also taking a proprietary 3-6-9 omega oil blend as well (Udo's Blend) although it is not clear that this affects cholesterol levels and makes no claims to. I have been on the Mega Red for about 2 months and the low fat diet for about 2 weeks and got my levels rechecked. Total cholesterol went from 240 (pre-lipitor) to 179. LDL from 160 to 119 and HDL from 35 to 40. All as good or better than I got on 20 mg of Lipitor.

Now I no longer have to worry about muscle breakdown and my LFT's are normal for the first time in 4 years. As an added bonus I can get this locally for about $27 for a 4-month supply (with coupon and buy-1-get-1 deals) which is about 1/4 the cost of Lipitor. Well this is one anecdotal success story so take it for what it's worth. I have put a lot of energy into exercizing and going low fat as well so under those circumstances I can say that it seems to work for me andI am very happy with the results. Rating: 5 / 5