Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)

CoQ10 is made naturally in the body but falls off after 25 or so and in states of disease. It's stored in the liver and secreted into the bloodstream bound to the ldl's in cholesterol. When you take a statin drug cholesterol production from the body is cut but so is CoQ10 production. CoQ10 is very concentrated in the heart and coq production can fall as much as 50% in 30 days after starting statin drug therapy leaving your heart in a weakened state as well as the rest of your body. The reason that some people may not feel better or respond to therapy is because there is no standard in the coq supplement industry. Powder coq has less than a 1 % absorption rate and all coq's in softgel form available commercially in the western hemisphere have about a 3 % absorption rate. This information is well known in the industry but not generally shared with the public. Also the more depleted your CoQ levels are the longer it may take to respond. If you have a health issue and have questions about CoQ10 feel free to e mail me. Glad to help /

I just started taking zorcor 20 mg (was prescribed 40) and this time I knew to take the coq10. I had been on lipitor for over three yrs and had a very bad time with it. Not only did lipitor cause me severe muscle pain and heart palps, it elevated my liver enzymes triple the norman range.

I have been o the zorcor 20mg + coq10 50mg. I think i read that a peron can take up to 100 mg. I can't tell if it is working or not bcuz i take bp meds that cause me some pain. I do know that my legs feel "heavy" since starting the zorcor. The coq10 doesn't help that problem.