Has anyone experienced side effects from Evening Primrose Oil? I have 500mg capsules that I take. I decided that 5 a day would be good because it is about 250mg of GLA (I read that the optimum amount is 240 a day). Although the few times I have taken 6 I have gotten an enormous headache. Could this be a side effect? Or maybe it is just a coincidence? Has anyone else had this?
That dosage seems pretty high to me. What is the recommended dosage on the bottle?
Mine has a recommended dosage of 1-3 per day. I started with 3 and went down to 2.
Try reducing the dosage and see if that helps.
bethers - the bottle says 3 to 6 capsules daily. although I have been thinking of dropping it to 4 instead of 5. I noticed more headaches. I can't tell if it is side effects from the pills or migranes. Did you have side effects as well? Is that why you went from 2 to 3 pills?
I am almost done with the first bottle, but haven't seen any results yet. I have another bottle and will wait until the end of that one to try something else
I didn't have any side effects from the EPO. I just wanted to see if I could get the same benefits with 2 capsules instead of 3. It worked the same, so I stuck with the 2 capsules a day.
A thought: Are you taking them all at once? Maybe if you spread them out over the day you won't get a headache?
Update:
I split up my dosages now and it seems that was the problem. I take three in the morning and two at lunch with my Met. I haven't had a headache all week!
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