User Reviews for Lovaza oral

After spending 3 months on a strict diet and exercise and losing 20 pounds, my doctor prescribed this medicine to lower triclycerides. Since taking the medicine I have now gained back almost all of the weight, although I still eat healthy & exercise, besides feeling like I'm going to blow up! I don't care what he says, I'm not going to take it anymore.

droped my tri from 870 to 220 in 3 months, I now have good hlc or what ever you call it for the first time in my life. I work pretty hard but my problems I was born with. As to side affect, aches all over, swelling of feet at time, gout at tmes, but can't take statons

My triglycerides were at 350 when I started this drug 5 months ago. After 3 months, trigs had dropped to 170 - the lowest I've ever had. BUT, I'm beginning to think that the back pain (shoulders, arms, neck, shoulder blades, center of back, lower back) I started to have (after starting Lovaza) is related to this drug. My entire body aches - every joint and muscle. I want to stop taking it to see if the pain goes away, but I also want to wait til my next bloodwork to see how my trigs are. I suspect that I will have to stop it - I'm having trouble sleeping - the pain wakes me up. Read More Read Less

I have been on Lavaza for two years...the past two weeks, I have experience gout like conditions...leg cramps..my legs feel like stretch rubberbands...my feet were so painful, I could hardly walk...ankles and legs swollen...I bruise and bleed easy...not to mention the flu like symptons..I ache all over!! Did I mention the gas ??? Don't know if this stuff is worth all this pain !!

My Cardiologist recommended this to me after a negative effect with using Niaspan.Now,I have severe stomach cramps,bloating,gas and constiaption//diarrhea! My appetite has also been affected. The cost is prohibitive as well. Wouldn't Flax/Borage/Omega combo work as well?

after taking lovaza my triglyceride level decreased to normal.also it cured my chronic dry eye.was able to avoid restasis which cost $100 per mo.also cured my dry skin problem. you should let others know how it helps dry eye. I am a very happy and healthy consumer.

Very itchy rashes covering a large part of my body. I was turning into a strawberry.

$25 for 30 1g capsules by prescription. $9.95 for 300 1.2g capsules at B.J.'s...fish oil is fish oil.

weight gain

I have been on this medication for over 3 years I recentlquite because I just received a knew perscription, but the pills smell and taste like fish really bad. I can no longer take them. What haoppened. Please comment.

No side effects at all, no funny / fishy odeur or taste. Does a great job lowering my triglycerids.

I have been taking this drug for 6 to 8 months. Dr. has not checked my bloodwork yet. Severe cramping, bloating, diarhera. Low energy, nausea, low grade fevers, rashes. Awaiting blood tests to decide if I will continue.

I've been taking for 2 plus years now. I have experieced no negitive side effects. No fishy taste etc. Triglyceride levels have decreased and BP has also decreased. These factors along with an exercise increase have helped.

Have been on this drug for 5 months , Triglycerides were over 1000+ , now down to 150 . Constipation bad and burping fish taste. Other than that , its working great . Would recommend it to people that can handle the side effects. Very expensive , but my insurence pays for it so far . Wish they made it in smaller pill form .

Severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating , and G-A-S! Stopped taking it.

The stomach & gas pain is worse than going into labor. I have thought I ripped something inside of my stomach. This has to be the worst of the worst (expensive) hiped medication on the market. Talk about "gas", gas here, gas there, everywhere you go, gas, gas, gas. Feels like your inside organs just want to gas out. If anything, eat fish. At least it tastes a lot better.