Personally if I had a choice I would much rather have to deal with the fishy burps then the pain from the RA. :) I never get fishy smelling burps and something you might want to have him do that I do a little different is I bite into the fish oil caps and kind've chew them a little before swallowing. The ones I have are quite large so I have trouble swallowing them whole. As for dosage you need to go quite high to really see the benefits. If you look on the label it will have an amount of EPA and DHA per capsule or serving. Most brands average around 600 mg combined per serving. You want about 6 grams combined per day so that is quite a bit but the benefits are usually worth it. Keep in mind you can also get EPA/DHA from eating fish such as Salmon which contains about 2.5 grams per small can. Hope this helps! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx