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High cholesterol?

About 70% of the adult UK population have a cholesterol level that is higher than recommended.  If you’re one of them, there’s a chance you’ll be taking statins.  These drugs lower levels of bad (LDL) cholesterol and raise levels of good (HDL) cholesterol.

Many people have been helped by drugs such as simvastatin, but there are side effects.  One such side effect is severe fatigue and muscle weakness, sometimes so extreme that the patient has to stop taking statins altogether.

What is less well known is how statins and the nutrient co-enzyme Q10, or CoQ10, are linked.  Statins block the production of this important antioxidant and this can lead to severe depletion of this essential nutrient.  If you lower cholesterol by 40% with statin drug therapy, you will lower CoQ10 levels by 40% too.  CoQ10 is the coenzyme necessary for the production of about 90% of our cellular energy and it follows that almost all patients taking statins experience some degree of fatigue and muscle weakness.

Taking supplemental CoQ10 with a statin drug regime makes perfect sense, and importantly taking a CoQ10 supplement does not affect the cholesterol lowering action of the statin drugs.  To summarise, all statin drugs cause a deficiency of the vitamin-like nutrient CoQ10, which can be alleviated through supplementation, bringing about a lessening of drug side effects and a significant improvement in the overall quality of life.

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Source - Professor Peter Langsjoen M.D. A world leading cardiologist and a founding member of the Executive Committee of the International Co Enzyme Q10 Association.