Are there any supplements anyone else is familiar with that I can take besides this? My low is to low and my high is to high, according to them. I’ve looked at my daily foods and can hardly find anything that has cholesterol in it, other than milk. Could I lose 5-8 lbs, sure..would that make a difference?
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Statins DEPLETE CoQ10 from the body. Odd for a medication aimed at protecting the heart, since CoQ10 is required by every cell of the body for energy and for other things. The heart muscle needs CoQ10 more than most other organs; it never gets any long-term rest.
CoQ10 has been used in Japan as a prescribed medicine for certain heart problems for decades now.
Muscle pain is a common statin symptom. The heart is also a muscle, of course.
I take about 1,000 mg daily, along with PPQ, also needed by the body, and like CoQ10 typically in low supply among older people and heart patients.
Life Extension sells CoQ10 combined with Shilajit, said to roughly double its effectiveness. They sell different sizes (50, 100, or 200 mg) and versions without Shilajit also.
Best wishes for getting rid of your symptoms ASAP.
I buy Ubiquinal from Dr. Mercola insted of CoQ10 since the Ubiquinal is a more absorbable form of CoQ10. I had been taking fish oil for years... but still didnt keep me off statins. I even tried other natural resources red yeast, etc. to no avail.
But ANYONE on statins needs Ubiquinal to protect their heart.
I am on Statins and had the joint pain. I am now taking ASEA water 8 oz. daily due to my doc had wanted to raise the statins. The water helped my joint pains.
My Last blood test my cholestoral was normal except my bad cholestoral was only slightly elevated (My main problem). instead of being 100 it was 115. So still taking the low dose of statin now. I am hoping in time my choestoral will go down with the ASEA water as it has for my friend who never took statins but was suggested to do so.
I also need to lose about 25 lbs. which would probably make a difference.
You're right about Ubiquinol, and that's what Life Extension sells the most of (check link in my comment above -- and they do have one version of Ubiquinone also). LEF actually introduced CoQ10 in America (it's all made in Japan, despite an American having discovered it) back in the '80s I think.