My dad took statins for 20 years.
Not once did his cardiologist mention coq10.
When I insisted he ask his doctor about it the doctor replied along the lines of ‘we really don’t know for sure if statins lower coq10 or whether it’s safe to take coq10 long term’.
So my dad never took it.
Licensed cardiologist associated with a teaching hospital BTW gave this reply less than 5 years ago.
I double dog dare you to convince the 75yr old to do something his GoD MD told him he wasn’t sure was safe long term.
I double dog dare you .....
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Not me ... I know exactly what you’re talking about.
Glad it worked for him. I’m even happier to be off statins, having suffered muscle pain to the point I couldn’t raise my left arm above shoulder-height, and still can barely get my left hand behind my back. I stopped taking them for two months and am gradually improving. Now, I’m taking fenofibrate which doesn’t need Co-Q-10. We’ll see. I’ve read that a high percentage of statin users stop taking them due to the side effects. I understand why.