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Reviewer: 65-74 Male (Consumer)
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does this cause flushing and insomni?
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Reviewer: few24u, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Consumer)
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I started taking Astaxanthin daily after moving to Hawaii. I now have not used a sunscreen for over 9 years. It has prevented me from getting sun burned and peeling, like used to happen to me when I lived in Texas (w/o astaxanthin). One day last year I spent the entire day in the sun. I got home and it looked as if I was pretty sunburned. I anticpated to be in pain and to begin peeling within a fe
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Reviewer: Jambo, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)
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I didn't sunburn for the first time in my life and if a little red, warm but not painful. But I am wondering if it causes problems with the bladder? Reddish tinted urine? Other than that, I am so completely sold on it. I like BioAstin better than the plain Astaxanthin.
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Reviewer: Patrick, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Consumer)
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Began taking this for overall health and improvement in skin (work out in the Caribbean sun all day). Has had the added benefit of improving my vision dramatically. Improvement stopped and reverted very slightly when I had stopped taking product. Started again staking product again, vision began to improve again. Distance prescription has gotten too strong again. Much stronger and I will need to
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Reviewer: Astaxanthin, 75 or over Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Consumer)
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Using for buttocks pain 2 x 4mg. with coconut oil every a.m
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