Food Study: CoQ10 Coenzyme Q10 or ubiquinone
http://faculty.washington.edu/~ely/coenzq10.html
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All Statins deplete Coq10. Strange that a medicine that is supposed to help the heart depletes the vitamin it needs in large amounts for energy. Why do I talk with so many people who are on statins and have never heard of Coq10 :confused: (you don't have to answer that - I know the anwer :rolleyes: :( )
Other drugs that deplete Coq10 are red rice yeast, Antipsychotics, Beta Blockers, Clonidine. HMG CoA-Reductase Inhibitors, Hydralazine, Sulfonylureas, Thiazide Diuretics http://www.interactionreport.org/depletion.html Anne |
Thanks for posting that chart!
I've read about Sulfasalazine and folate, but you know, my doctors never told me about it. Fortunately I take a B-vitamin and B12/Folate supplement. I hope it is enough. |
Statins & COQ10
What I found to be an interesting aspect of the fact that statins inhibit the production of COQ10 is that in one of the earliest statin patents awarded to Merck, the patent explains this effect clearly and in fact the patent is specifically for a combo pill, statin + COQ10. I later heard an unsubstianted story that Merck subsequently found out that there was not enough material available for the production of the COQ10 part at a reasonable cost, so they quietly dropped the combo pill lest it interfere with their statin revenues.
Merck's corporate motto is "Where the patient comes first." Ummm Just thought some might find this bit of trivia interesting. |
I heard the same story about Merck but don't know if it is true or not.
Anne |
yes, there was a patent granted..
to Merck. But it was a LONG time ago. The production and chemistry of
CoQ-10 has improved markedly since then. I suspect they could not come up with a bioavailable form, so dropped the combo. Many studies years ago did not find much positive effects from oral CoQ-10. But that has changed recently. For example, the first CoQ-10 supplements were powders, and did not work. Softgel enhanced dosage forms have totally replaced the powders. I don't think the statin combo would have been a softgel..it would have been a tablet. Drug companies have to prove efficacy now, and so the CoQ-10 was not going to fly at that time. Some doctors do know about this interaction/depletion by statins. But the drug reps in general do not inform... what patient is going to shell out at least $40/month to pay for OTC CoQ-10? When their copay is covering the statin? Most people I counsel, get very paranoid when they find out that these drugs do harm. I figure the sales would be significantly less, if patients could choose. It is reprehensible that this data is withheld from patients. Totally reprehensible. Now the pipelines are focusing on HDL raising drugs, since the patents on the old statins are expiring. The beneficial effects of lowering LDLs are not as great as those raising HDLs... so we will see significant direction changes soon. |
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