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Coenzyme Q10: Your experience?

Posted by gerdi @gerdi, Apr 7 6:02am

Coenzyme Q10 is a supplement that is frequently recommended to help with LC symptoms fatigue and brain fog.
I cannot find the study supporting this, has anyone seen this?
Also: has anyone taken it? What is your experience?
What dose is the right one? (is it true that anything above 30mg is harmful?)

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seniormed | @seniormed | Apr 7 8:01am

I don’t have personal experience with post Covid symptoms. I have been taking CO Q10 200 mg daily for years with no ill effects after researching
the benefits in the medical literature.
It is not FDA approved for any particular disease though allowed as safe OTC.
There are positive studies for its use in statin myopathy and fibromyalgia
and chronic fatigue patients. It has some possible helpful effects in mitochondrial diseases and can act to reduce some inflammatory parameters in rheumatic conditions.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Apr 7 8:05am

@gerdi, Here are a couple of studies on Coenzyme Q10 and Long Covid. I've been taking CoQ10 regularly for the past 8 or 9 years but don't have any long Covid symptoms. I have had Covid twice but neither time was very bad. I'm currently taking 100 mg daily of Qunol Ubiquinol.

--- Coenzyme Q10 therapy in patients with post COVID-19 condition: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9850420/
--- Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation in Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome: An Overview: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/1/574

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carlosmayo | @carlosmayo | Apr 8 10:02am

I took Q10 for six months for long covid, but stopped because I could not see any that it was helping. I was taking 100mg twice a day.

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ripley | @ripley | Apr 9 11:02am

I have fibromyalgia and my DNP recommended CoQ10. I took Qunol 150mg a few times but thought it made my insomnia worse so stopped taking it. Has anyone else had that problem?

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rashida | @rashida | Apr 9 5:33pm
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@seniormed

I don’t have personal experience with post Covid symptoms. I have been taking CO Q10 200 mg daily for years with no ill effects after researching
the benefits in the medical literature.
It is not FDA approved for any particular disease though allowed as safe OTC.
There are positive studies for its use in statin myopathy and fibromyalgia
and chronic fatigue patients. It has some possible helpful effects in mitochondrial diseases and can act to reduce some inflammatory parameters in rheumatic conditions.

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@seniormed and @gerdi I have been doing the same for some years for the same reasons! I find the best price for the 200mg gelcaps at Costco.

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rashida | @rashida | Apr 9 5:36pm
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@ripley

I have fibromyalgia and my DNP recommended CoQ10. I took Qunol 150mg a few times but thought it made my insomnia worse so stopped taking it. Has anyone else had that problem?

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@ripley I take my Q10 in the morning with my breakfast. I am and always have been an insomniac, regardless.

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