During the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, in Lisbon, Portugal, researchers at Copenhagen University Hospital, in Denmark, reported for the first time that the dietary supplement coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) cut in half the death rate of patients suffering from advanced heart failure. Continue reading CoQ10 improves survival in chronic heart failure
Category Archives: Coenzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q(10) supplementation in obese people
Researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, studied changes in metabolic parameters, inflammatory markers, arterial stiffness, and fatigue. Continue reading Coenzyme Q(10) supplementation in obese people
Review: CAM for treating Alzheimer’s disease
Dr. Keith Wollen at Washington State University, in Port Angeles, has written a review of treatment options.
Let’s focus on CAM. Continue reading Review: CAM for treating Alzheimer’s disease
Reviewing non-pharmacological options to prevent migraine
At the University of Turin, in Italy, researchers reviewed the evidence.
And contributors to the US Headache Consortium tell us why it’s important. Continue reading Reviewing non-pharmacological options to prevent migraine
Product review: CoQ10 and ubiquinol
CoQ10 and its activated form, ubiquinol, are popular supplements for treating or preventing a range of conditions including congestive heart failure, migraine headache, high blood pressure, and Parkinson’s disease — although none of the evidence is conclusive.
ConsumerLab.com tested 31 products for content and dosing. Continue reading Product review: CoQ10 and ubiquinol
Looking for benefits of coenzyme Q(10) in obese people
Researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine, in Seoul, Republic of Korea looked for changes in metabolism, inflammation, bood vessels, and fatigue. Continue reading Looking for benefits of coenzyme Q(10) in obese people
Is it necessary to take coenzyme Q10 during statin therapy?
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are the main drug category prescribed to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Their action on HMG-CoA lowers LDL cholesterol. But it also lowers coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) production in muscles where it’s needed to maintain muscle respiration and function.
Ms. Jessica Pomaikai Asherin at Pacific University, in Hillsboro, Oregon, reviewed the evidence for supplementing statin therapy with CoQ10 in order to lower the risk of stain-induced muscle pain and tenderness (myopathy). Continue reading Is it necessary to take coenzyme Q10 during statin therapy?
Coenzyme Q10 for treating high blood pressure and statin-induced myalgia
Dr. Marcia Wyman at the Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio has reviewed the evidence. Continue reading Coenzyme Q10 for treating high blood pressure and statin-induced myalgia
Little evidence supports CAM for childhood headaches
Dr. Stewart Tepper from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio reports that “parents frequently ask healthcare professionals to provide ‘natural’ migraine care for their children.” Continue reading Little evidence supports CAM for childhood headaches
Foods and supplements to help manage migraine
Reviewers from The New York Headache Center concluded, “The identification of food triggers, with the help of food diaries, is an inexpensive way to reduce migraine headaches.”
Here’s their list of triggers and treatments. Continue reading Foods and supplements to help manage migraine
CAM for migraine in children
Parents frequently ask healthcare professionals to provide “natural” migraine care for their children, says Dr. Stewart Tepper at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.
Here’s what we know… and more. Continue reading CAM for migraine in children
Coenzyme Q predicts survival in heart failure
Researchers from New Zealand tell us, “Coenzyme Q10 deficiency might be detrimental to the long-term prognosis of congestive heart failure (CHF).” Continue reading Coenzyme Q predicts survival in heart failure
Coenzyme Q10 fails in treatment of ALS
Dr. Petra Kaufmann (not in the photo) at Columbia University Medical Center, in New York reports that high-dose coenzyme Q10 (coQ10) is not promising enough to warrant further study as a treatment for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease). Continue reading Coenzyme Q10 fails in treatment of ALS
ConsumerLab tests Coenzyme Q10
Just 1 of 39 coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) (ubiquinol) supplements tested contained levels lower than listed on the label.
But large variations in dose and forms may confuse consumers, according to ConsumerLab in their latest report. Continue reading ConsumerLab tests Coenzyme Q10
Most commonly used natural products
Here’s a follow-up to an earlier post on the use of CAM in the US in 2007 as surveyed by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Continue reading Most commonly used natural products
CoQ10 reduces evidence of muscle injury
In this study from the University of Tsukuba in Japan, supplementation with the antioxidant, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) reduced exercise-induced muscular injury in athletes. Continue reading CoQ10 reduces evidence of muscle injury
Getting specific about CAM-drug interactions
Dr. Philip Hansten from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy has spent more than 30 years chronicling and documenting drug interactions.
In an article in Pharmacy Times, he and Dr. John Horn focus on the risks for people with diabetes or taking blood thinners. Continue reading Getting specific about CAM-drug interactions
Coenzyme Q10 to prevent muscle pain or tenderness caused by statins
Myalgia (muscle pain or tenderness) is the most common side effect of taking statins to treat high cholesterol blood levels. It’s also the biggest reason to lower the dose or stop treatment with these important drugs.
There’s some support that the muscle-related side effects of statins could be due to a statin-induced deficiency in coenzyme Q10.
But not here. Continue reading Coenzyme Q10 to prevent muscle pain or tenderness caused by statins
Anael, his tumors, and the Hippocrates Health Institute
Anael L’Esperance-Nascimento (photo) is the little boy from Quebec whose parents refused a second round of chemotherapy for his brain and spinal cord tumors. Instead, Anael will be treated at the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida.
The intent of this post is to review wheatgrass, “an integral part” of the Hippocrates treatment. Continue reading Anael, his tumors, and the Hippocrates Health Institute
New study disputes the value of CoQ10 to treat Parkinson’s disease
In 2002, the Parkinson Study Group reported that CoQ10 (coenzyme Q 10) slowed deterioration in patients with early Parkinson’s disease even though it failed to postpone the start of levodopa (Dopar) treatment.
Now, a study in patients with midstage Parkinson’s disease without changes on muscle function and control reports disappointing results. Continue reading New study disputes the value of CoQ10 to treat Parkinson’s disease