Fish Oil Triglycerides: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Fish Oil Triglycerides is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable · Emulsion
- Sold as
- Omegaven
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
How fish oil triglycerides is dosed
From the FDA label for Omegaven (application NDA210589). Other fish oil triglycerides products — different forms, different strengths — are dosed differently. Follow the label for the one you were prescribed.
For infusion into a central or peripheral vein. ( 2.1 ) • See full prescribing information for administration and admixing instructions. ( 2.1 , 2.2 ) • Protect the admixed PN solution from light. ( 2.2 ) • Recommended dosage depends on age, energy expenditure, clinical status, body weight, tolerance, ability to metabolize, and consideration of additional energy sources given to the patient. The recommended daily dose (and the maximum dose) in pediatric patients is 1 g/kg/day. ( 2.3 ) • For information on infusion rate when initiating dosing and in patients with elevated triglyceride levels, see the full prescribing information. ( 2.3 , 5.1 , 5.6 ) • The recommended duration for infusion is between 8 and 24 hours, depending on the clinical situation. ( 2.3 ) 2.1 Administration Instructions • Omegaven can be administered alone or as part of a PN admixture. • Omegaven is for central or peripheral intravenous infusion. When administered with dextrose and amino acids, the choice of a central or peripheral venous route should depend on the osmolarity of the final infusate. Solutions with osmolarity of 900 mOsm/L or greater must be infused through a central vein. • Do not exceed the recommended maximum infusion rate in Table 1 [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.3 ) and Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 )] . • Use a 1.2 micron in-line filter during administration. • Use a dedicated line…
Fish Oil Triglycerides side effects
The following clinically significant adverse reactions are described elsewhere in the labeling: • Clinical Decompensation with Rapid Infusion of Intravenous Lipid Emulsion in Neonates and Infants [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 )] • Hypersensitivity reactions [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.2 )] • Infections [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.3 )] • Fat overload syndrome [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.4 )] • Refeeding syndrome [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.5 )] • Hypertriglyceridemia [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.6 )] • Aluminum toxicity [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.7 )] Most common adverse drug reactions (>15%) are: vomiting, agitation, bradycardia, apnea and viral infection. ( 6.1 ) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC at 1-800-551-7176 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch. 6.1 Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. The safety database for Omegaven reflects exposure in 189 pediatric patients (19 days to 15 years of age) treated for a median of 14 weeks (3 days to 8 years) in two clinical trials. Omegaven was administered at a maximum dose of 1 g/kg/day as the…
Who shouldn’t take fish oil triglycerides
Use of Omegaven is contraindicated in patients with: • Known hypersensitivity to fish or egg protein or to any of the active ingredients or excipients [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.2 )]. • Severe hemorrhagic disorders due to a potential effect on platelet aggregation. • Severe disorders of lipid metabolism characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (serum triglyceride concentrations greater than 1,000 mg/dL) [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.6 )]. • Known hypersensitivity to fish or egg protein or to any of the active ingredients or excipients. ( 4 ) • Severe hemorrhagic disorders. ( 4 ) • Severe disorders of lipid metabolism characterized by hypertriglyceridemia (with serum triglycerides greater than 1,000 mg/dL). ( 4 , 5.6 )
Fish Oil Triglycerides drug interactions
Antiplatelet Agents and Anticoagulants : Prolonged bleeding time has been reported in patients taking antiplatelet agents or anticoagulants and oral omega-3 fatty acids. Periodically monitor bleeding time in patients receiving Omegaven and concomitant antiplatelet agents or anticoagulants. ( 7.1 ) 7.1 Antiplatelet Agents and Anticoagulants Some published studies have demonstrated prolongation of bleeding time in patients taking antiplatelet agents or anticoagulants and oral omega-3 fatty acids. The prolongation of bleeding times reported in those studies did not exceed normal limits and there were no clinically significant bleeding episodes. Nonetheless, it is recommended to periodically monitor bleeding time in patients receiving Omegaven and concomitant antiplatelet agents or anticoagulants.
Every fish oil triglycerides product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Omegaven.
What people report to the FDA about fish oil triglycerides
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 1 reports naming fish oil triglycerides, and the FDA flagged 100% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- abdominal pain1 reports
- asthenia1 reports
- decreased activity1 reports
- defaecation urgency1 reports
- gastrointestinal pain1 reports
- haemorrhoids1 reports
- insomnia1 reports
- malnutrition1 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean fish oil triglycerides caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is fish oil triglycerides?
Omegaven (fish oil triglycerides) is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, white, homogenous emulsion for intravenous infusion as a supply of calories in patients with PNAC. Each mL of Omegaven contains 0.1 g of fish oil, 0.012 g egg phospholipids, 0.025 g glycerin, 0.15 to 0.3 mg dl-alpha-tocopherol, 0.3 mg sodium oleate, water for injection, and sodium hydroxide for pH adjustment (pH 6 to 9). The phosphate content is 0.015 mmol/mL. The fish oil included in Omegaven is a triglyceride mixture consisting of esters of long-chain saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids with the following structure: where , , and are long chain acyl groups.
Can you take fish oil triglycerides with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run fish oil triglycerides against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does fish oil triglycerides come in?
Across the brands we track, fish oil triglycerides is currently marketed as injectable and emulsion, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic fish oil triglycerides?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled fish oil triglycerides product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
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Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for fish oil triglycerides on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.