Omega 6 side effects, by duration, gender and age (a phase IV clinical study of FDA data)
Summary:
Side effects are reported by people who take Omega 6 (omega - 6 fatty acids). Common side effects include arthralgia among females and amnesia among males.
The phase IV clinical study is created by eHealthMe based on 72 reports from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Omega 6?
Omega 6 has active ingredients of omega - 6 fatty acids. It is often used in high blood cholesterol. eHealthMe is studying from 119 Omega 6 users. Check the latest studies of Omega 6.
72 people who take Omega 6 and have side effects are studied.

What are the common side effects of Omega 6, by gender? *:
female:
- Arthralgia (joint pain)
- Cellulitis (infection under the skin)
- Drug ineffective
- Gait disturbance
- Lymphocyte count decreased
- Anxiety
- Asthenia (weakness)
- Dizziness
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Abasia (inability to walk)
male:
- Amnesia (deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma)
- Back pain
- Foreign body sensation in eyes (feeling of something in eye)
- Injection site pain
- Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage (bleeding in the large intestine, rectum, or anus is called lower gi bleeding)
- Muscular weakness (muscle weakness)
- Oral disorder (mouth disease)
- Salivary hypersecretion (excess saliva secretion)
- Weight increased
- Abasia (inability to walk)
What are the common side effects of Omega 6, by age (0-1 to 60+) *:
0-1:
n/a
2-9:
n/a
10-19:
n/a
20-29:
n/a
30-39:
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Abdominal discomfort
- Alopecia (absence of hair from areas of the body)
- Altered state of consciousness (altered state of mind)
- Amnesia (deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma)
- Angiopathy (generic term for a disease of the blood vessels)
- Anxiety
- Asthenia (weakness)
- Diarrhoea
40-49:
- Blood pressure decreased
- Contusion (a type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries)
- Drug ineffective
- Injection site pain
50-59:
- Cellulitis (infection under the skin)
- Arthralgia (joint pain)
- Back pain
- Acne (skin problems that cause pimples)
- Anxiety
- Decreased appetite
- Diarrhoea
- Injection site swelling
- Sinusitis (inflammation of sinus)
- Weight increased
60+:
- Asthenia (weakness)
- Dizziness
- Drug ineffective
- Abasia (inability to walk)
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal pain upper
- Allergic sinusitis
- Alopecia (absence of hair from areas of the body)
- Amnesia (deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma)
- Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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How to use the study?
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How the study uses the data?
The study is based on omega - 6 fatty acids (the active ingredients of Omega 6) and Omega 6 (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered.
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