User Reviews for krill oil

Hard to tell effectiveness

I am not bothered by any of the listed side effects, and I believe this helps keep my blood levels in check. I would strongly recommend this to anyone as it seems to work well for me.

I take krill daily and alarmed at the dizzy spell and my heart is noticeably out of rythem. Also I feel as though I cannot get enough air. I take krill for small vessel desease.

Cholesterol and triglycerides down dramatically.

I have been using krill oil to try to lower my cholesterol without the use of statins. The results are mixed. It appears to raise my HDL, but does little to lower the LDL. My HDL was already high. It just raised it still higher.

Was using Fish oil for several years with no side affect; but heard Mega Red krill oil was better and I then began taking Mega Red and within a week had an itchy rash all over my body. After reading the other reviews, I believe it is time to go back on fish oil!

Took this for just under 1 month I have sticky blood. I felt that I had lots more energy than before however they did upset my stomach and gave me the trots also lots of gurgling in stomach so had to stop taking them .what a pity. I took vitabiotics ultra krill oil advanced omega-3, 500mg capsules, 1 per day.

Krill Oil does many things to help us. I use it for skin, arthritis, high blood pressure, etc. I should back off from time to time in case I need a surgery. However, it makes my joints feel good, my skin gorgeous, my blood pressure readings lower. I have had a bit of digestion disruption. So, for me maybe every other day of taking the Krill would suffice. Krill also helps your brain and to ward off cancer. Don't be afraid of it. I'm 50 and female and fearless. Hope you have a great day! Read More Read Less

Cholesterol was 267 before, 201 now. Triglycerides was 401, 148 now. No side affects. Diet and exercise has remained the same before and after starting.

I have only been taking Mega Red Krill for the past 30 days. Going next week for my blood work. My last colonoscopy revealed a mild case of diverticulitis. Dr. recommended to stay on a high roughage diet and I have and did not had any problems relating to the diverticulitis. I am now experiencing problems with diverticulitis. Concerned that it could be a side effect possibly from interaction with calcium and also pro-biotic. So, I have chosen to withdraw from all of the above and possibly reintroduce them, one at a time beginning with Krill. Also, will be reviewing these concerns with my Doctor in a few weeks. I plan on giving WebMD an update. My Brother has been taking krill for the past year and the Dr's were thrilled with his blood work. They reduced his cholesterol meds, and may eventually recommend Krill as a replacement. Read More Read Less

I've tried (krill & fish oils) twice now mainly to lower my high cholesterol which in fact did work for me during dosing. That being said, if you have IBS, like me, I recommend not to take Krill (or fish) Oil. Once 5 years ago and again this last month. Both times with the same outcome. (500mg at first then 300mg once daily) Major Stomach and Bowel issues. Made me go #2 almost 20 times a day. My stomach felt like it was turned inside out with greasy puss oozing out of my bum consistently. So much gas that I could probably run a natural gas generator. One night I counted approximately 1440 flatulents in a 9 hour period. That was one fart every 30 seconds for 9 hours strait. No Joke. (Everything back to normal two days after stopping this madness)Read More Read Less

Have been taking MegaRed Krill oil for 48 days. After two weeks, I noticed a big improvement in my arthritis symptoms. Lower back pain and stiffness are gone. Am walking without pain again. Difficulty in getting up and down on floor and getting in and out of car are also gone. Was taking Aleve to relieve symptoms. Hardly use it at all now--just once this week after an all-day stint of house cleaning, including washing kitchen and bathroom floors. Started taking krill oil after my doctor suggested trying fish oil to help with arthritis. So far seems to be helping a lot.Read More Read Less

The osteoarthritis in my knee no longer bothers me at all. Very happy with this as a treatment.

I have been taking "Krill Oil" off and on now for about 2 months. I have stopped taking it all together now because of a very strange side effect. The side effects I have experienced are gout flare up (feet and ankles) other joints and back pain within 3 to 4 day of taking the Krill oil. My doctor advised me to stopping it as the effects are not normal.