Anyone seen energy improvements after taking CoQ10?

I've been taking CoQ10 for > 6 yrs. with CKD. No statins! My triglycerides have improved. My cardiac ejection fraction has improved significantly. Due to CKD, and associated low hemoglobin, I continue to experience fatigue.

"The ACTIVED version of CoQ10 is known as ubiquinol. That makes ubiquinol a CRUCIAL antioxidant as well. And that can make the difference between life and death if you’ve got chronic heart failure. This “advanced” form of CoQ10 has been on shelves since 2007… But most folks have NEVER heard of it. At recommended doses of 50 to 200 mg per day (ideally taken before dinner) ubiquinol has shown to be PERFECTLY safe. "

"...roughly 12 million Japanese people use ubiquinones as the medication of choice for management of cardiovascular diseases, supplied via more than 250 commercially available preparations. Ubiquinone is touted as an effective treatment for CHF, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, and in reducing hypoxic injury to the myocardium. Other claims include increases in exercise tolerance, stimulation of the immune system, and counteraction of the aging process. Ubiquinone has not been approved for therapeutic use in the United States; however, it is available as a food supplement.1 https://www.drugs.com/npp/ubiquinone.html "

"CoQ10 has been linked to so many wonderful benefits that it is hard to make a short list, but let’s take a moment to hit some of the highlights. First, CoQ10 supplementation has been used to reduce high blood pressure and heart failure; in fact, the evidence for both of these conditions is particularly strong.167 Ayer, Anita, Peter Macdonald, and Roland Stocker. “CoQ10 Function and Role in Heart Failure and Ischemic Heart Disease.” Annual Review of Nutrition 35.0 (2015): 175-213."

@gzr63 I've been taking CoQ-10 for a few years. I wasn't sure what the benefits were. Just that it was good for heart health. I've a slow heart beat and I've had a pacemaker since 2020. My frustration is that I get pains in my left chest. I go to the hospital and I check out as OK/fine. Frustrating!! It can be scary but frustrating. Feeling silly for taking up the medical systems time even though I'm assured that I'm doing the right thing.

Nope, no noticeable benefits. But having been pushed hard to take simvastatin almost 15 years ago, with great reassurances regarding adverse effects, with 7 months, I had mitochondrial dysfunction--too late for CoQ10 to do much.

Merck, manufacturer apparently were aware that prescribing CoQ10 with the Zocor would most likely have prevented or greatly ameliorated the disaster: they went so far as to take out a patent on the statin/CoQ10, but simply let this patent expire. If Merck had either used the patent, or at least made it known that they held the patent but were just going to let it expire, I could have actually lived, rather than survived, the past 15 years.

A book authored by an MD made a little word play on Merck's saying: "Merck, where the patient comes first."
changing it to "Merck, where the patient dies first."

Nightmare, but as we all know or definitely should know, one can't bring litigation against a generic drug (Supreme Court decisions of 2011 and 2013). And as to payment for brand name. Disgusting.

I am 71 male and had a triple in 2017 and three months ago had two stents for 3 blockages at 80%, 80% and my LAD at 90%. I heard that CoQ10 was probably good for you and wouldn’t hurt you, so I’ve been taking it daily for 9+ years. The Costco brand.
I also take a multivitamin, Krill oil, D3, and SAM-E. And a probiotic.

Of all of them, I only noticed a benefit from the SAM-E and probiotic. The CoQ10 has probably been a waste of money.

If you judge it on the results 9 years later after my triple, then it would get an F. Maybe I should switch to the more expensive brands that promise faster absorption and better results 🤔💭.

I know most of these supplements are snake oil placebos but I like to hedge my bets 😉.

The good news is that three weeks later I’m fine after my stents. The bad news for me was that one of the by passes failed and collapsed and I had to pressure my cardiologist to run the tests that ultimately lead to actually two cardiac cath procedures. I would be dead if I had not been my own best advocate. 😤.

So, CoQ10. Eh, probably won’t hurt you and might help a little. But for me, it did not seem to do anything. Especially for my energy levels. But I’m getting old and fat and also have mild COPD and still like to eat well and have cocktails once or twice a week and don’t exorcise much, so I’m my own worst enemy.

@smotu
Aren't we all our own worst enemy?

I'm wondering if my loss of energy lately is because the last time I had my pacemaker checked, the internist (?) sped it up. I've had a low heart rate all my life. It only became a problem about 6 years ago. I'm 87! I can't believe I'm that old!

I take CoQ 10. As far as the Costco stuff, I've read that they use high grade stuff on their brands. e.g. I bought a specific soup from M&M Foods. Then I saw the exact same thing at Costco. It was the same size. Same packaging. It was just packaged with 6 and not individually. It tasted the same as the M&M.

Over the years I have been on M.C.C. this discussion of Co-Q-10 comes up often. I can give my experience with this and what my doctors told me not what I read on a web site or research. I think we have to remember Co-Q-10 is a supplement and with all supplements for some it helps some it does not.

Back in 2015 I was put on a Statin as a catherization revealed clogged arteries but not bad enough for stents. My Mayo cardiologist said the statin can cause some muscle aches. I recommend you take Co-Q-10 to help with that.

I did and did not have muscle pain from the Statin. My wife was (several years later) put on a statin and she was experiencing muscle pain. I asked to check with her cardiologist about Co-Q-10. She did and started taking. Her muscle pain went away.

So for some Co-Q-10 works for muscle pain caused by Statins but this benefit is directly tied to the individual taking it response to it and not a blanket statement it will help all.

There are different forms of Co-Q-10. The latest is the Ubiquinol type. It is suppose to be much better and more easily absorb. I take that type along with a regular Co-Q-10. I get my Ubiquinol from Qunol and my regular co-q-10 from Puritan Pride. Not a recommendation for either just where I get mine.

I have not been told by my doctors about taking co-q-10 for anything other than my, and my wife's, muscle pain that can be caused by taking a statin.

I’ve been on statins for 40yrs and I got turned on to CoQ10 years ago. The only brand that worked for me and still works for me is Qunol. Just saying

Ubiquinol, Kanaka.
See comment below from "Adverse Effects."
I'd be darn sure that there was proven benefit for a statin drug for YOU. And I'd be even surer if it was a lipophilic statin like simvastatin. And if it was prescribed to me for primary prevention.

My life from age 68 onward was pretty much wrecked by 7 months on simvastatin (brand name is Zocor). I'd been trekking in the Himalayan foothills, came back to USA, and got the statin pushed on me. I asked the right questions, and received the usual obfuscations and general warnings.

That was 14 years ago, no cardiovascular problems yet. If you're told that you have FH (familial hypercholesterolemia) make darn sure that you do have it. My cardiologist had the "impression" of FH. He wrecked my incredibly good health and good fortune.

I can outline how CoQ10 fits into the picture, but unless someone knows something I don't, it's unlikely that I'll ever get better. And I'm in several statin-damaged groups. One has over 60,000 members.

Statins are NOT one size fits all, and in many cases, they're prescribed as though they couldn't damage one's health severely and permanently (as well as save some peoples' lives). StatinStories will explain a bit more as I gradually get more ino up there. For now, there are some photos.