CoQ10 - who takes it & how much

Me too. One 200mg cap per day.

I started taking it in january this year and went through a bottle of 30mg capsules.  The bottle I have now is 100 mg.  I started out with one per day.  Now I take two.  ...still waiting for that burst of well being that others have reported.  Mainly, I want to get my blood pressure down a bit.  I dusted off my bp kit to take readings at home.  I'm not very good at it, but good enough to know that my top number is way too high. 

For those who got bp readings to drop with coQ10, how long did it take for those results to appear?  I haven't done a reading since I started at the 200mg/day, which has been at least a week, probably more. 

I take 100 mg in the morning and 100 mg in the evening...Ive just started it 2 months ago and so far have had good results.

Sounds like we are all pretty much doing the same dosage!..lol. GOOD!

I now take 200mg twice daily for a total of 400mg/ day....i read similar study as rubytuesday. Dr Carl Follkers did study with Breast cancer....but as far as the best brand to use.....I am at a loss. I get the brand WAlmart sells....i do notice increased energy, and lower BP, and less headaches....coQ10 has many advantages.

Gee after reading all these comments about 200mg. a day I guess I had better up my amount. Tomorrow I'll take one 100mg in the morning, and 100mg in the evening. Sure can't hurt and maybe it will help.

It is supposed to help kill cancer, and is good for your BP.  I took a lot of it for about a year and then found out I have cancer, My radiation onc. told me I could not take it during radiation as it is an anti-oxidizer.  He explained that radiation oxidizes everything so I shouldn't fight it with Q-10.  What does everyone think about that?   I thought it oxidized your cells.   Tami

I was also surprised he told me no vitamin C, and no Fish oil.  I feel like I am giving up good things in my life and doing something (radiation) that is bad for me.  Tami

I take it, even though it is a bit expensive with my other supplements.

Question:  I had been taking it as a pill to swallow.  I just purchased some at a great price at a pharmacy, but the bottle says "chewable".  Do you think it makes any difference?  I would much rather swallow them and be done with it.

Amber I have the book Waking the Warrior Goddess, Harnassing the Power of Nasture & Natural Medicines to Achieve Extraordinary Health, by Dr. Christine Horner.  I started taking the 200 mg twice a day after I was finished with chemo and my implant surgery...so just recently. 

She talks about the studies from Denmark (1994) regarding the 390 mg of CoQ10.  From her book:

"In a study from Denmark published in 1994, thrity-two patients with highrisk breast cancer were treated with antioxidants (vitamins C and E, selenium, and beta-carotene), essential fatty acids (gamma linolenic acid and omega-3 fatty acids), and 90 milligrams of CoQ10.  The breast tumors shrank in six of the thirty-two aptients. 

The researchers wondered what would happen if they increased the dose of CoQ10.  So, they decided to raise the daily does of CoQ10 to 390 mg in just one of the six patients.  They got a big, pleasant surprise.  In one month, the tumor in this patient had become so small that it could no longer be felt.  In another month, a ammaogram showed that the tumor had completely disappeared. 

With these startling results, the researchers wanted to see if these higher doses of CoQ10 would shrink tumors in other breast cancer patients.  They selected a woman with breast cancer, gave her 300 mg of CoQ10 a day, and waited with great anticipation.  In just a few months, her tumor disappeared.  In the eighteen months that the patients in this study were treated with CoQ10, none of them died or showed further signs of metastases.  The number of women who had been expected to die, as predicted by the state of their tumors, was four. 

Encouraged by these results, the researchers continued their study of CoQ10 in breast cancer patients and published a report the following year.  They gave all their breast cancer patients 390 mg of CoQ10 each day.  One patient was a forty-four year old woman with numerous metastases of her breast cancer to her liver.  After a few months of taking CoQ10, all the metastatic tumors disappeared!  After six months of taking CoQ10, another breast cancer patient, who had had a metastatic tumor to the lining of her lung before taking the CoQ10, had no signs of the tumor left.  More research is needed to determine the effectiveness of CoQ10 in stopping the growth of breast cancer, but the results of these studies look very promising. "

As far as what kind to take...it is like any supplement...be sure you know what you are getting!  Dr Horner says:

"CoQ10 is fat soluble.  In other words, it's more easily absorbed when it's in fat.  When CoQ10 is taken in a soy-oil suspension contained in a soft-shell capsule, it is more readily absorbed that if it's taken in a dry tablet or capsule.  That means you need a higher dose of the dry form of CoQ10 than you do of the oil suspension to attain the same level of it in your body.  If your goal is to lower your fisk of breast cancer, 30-100 mg of CoQ10 a day is recommended.  If you already have breast cancer, you'll need to take more.

Case studies from Denmark showed that breast tumors shrank in women given 300-390 mg of CoQ10 a day.  Most CoQ10 is synthetically made.  But a few companies produce a naturally fermented from of CoQ10 made from whole foods that studies show your body absorbs and uses much more efficiently.  A studey from the University of Scranton found that fermented CoQ10 had twenty times more antioxidant activity than the standard synthetic preparations of CoQ10 and that only 22 mg of the fermented CoQ10 they tested was equivalent to 400 mg of synthetically made CoQ10."

Dr. Horner says, "Be sure to tell your doctor that you are planning to take this supplement.  Let him or her help you determine how much to take.  Also, because supplemental CoQ10 improves heart health, a person who takes heart medication may need his or her dosage adjusted while taking this supplement."

Hope this helps...sorry if there are any typos!

More information

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Thanks Lisasayers...I see you are becoming a good researcher too.  You go girl!

Flalady

wow!, I just bought another month supply today the spring valley brand....but I will look into the brands you mentioned Lisa.I am with you on the self education. I read the same studies you mentioned and that is why I am on the 400mg....but I have always wondered about the brands...went on consumer reports and Spring Valley is listed as accurate for listing what is said on the bottle....but it apalls me that most brands get their product from tobacco.

i will definetely check into this....

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Amber

to a great day!

Thought you would like to read this althea!

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