Q10 success

[kimberly64]

Has anyone seen an improvement in dry mouth even more with Q10 suppliment in combination with other medication and have you had side affects?
Kimberly

[Carolina]

Do you mean Co Q 10?   I take it, and have forever.

I never remember WHY I take most of the things I take until I look them up on the NIH site:

This is what the NIH site says:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/938.html

Possibly effective for...

1.  Congestive heart failure (CHF). There is no evidence that taking coenzyme Q-10 alone can help heart failure. But there is some evidence (though controversial) that it might be helpful when taken in combination with other heart failure medications and treatments.

2.  Decreasing the risk of additional heart problems in people who have had a recent heart attack (myocardial infarction, MI). When started within 72 hours of MI and taken for one year, coenzyme Q-10 appears to significantly lower the risk of heart-related events including non-fatal MI.

3.  Huntington's disease (a rare genetic neurological disorder). Ubiquinol, an altered form of coenzyme Q-10, has been granted "Orphan Drug Status" by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This gives the maker of Ubiquinol some financial incentives to study its effectiveness for Huntington's, a condition that is so rare (affecting less than 200,000 individuals) that pharmaceutical companies might not otherwise invest in developing a drug for it. However, taking coenzyme Q-10 by mouth in doses of 600 mg per day or less doesn't seem to be effective for slowing the progression of Huntington's disease.

4/  Preventing blood vessel complications caused by heart bypass surgery. There is some evidence that taking coenzyme Q-10 by mouth for a week before surgery might help to reduce blood vessel damage. But not all research agrees with this finding.

5.  High blood pressure (hypertension). Taking coenzyme Q-10 by itself or along with other medications for treating high blood pressure seems to help lower blood pressure even more.

6.  Preventing migraine headache. Taking coenzyme Q-10 by mouth seems to help prevent migraine headaches. Studies show it can decrease the frequency of headaches by about 30% and the number of days with headache-related nausea by about 45% in adults. Taking coenzyme Q-10 also appears to reduce migraine frequency in children who have low levels of coenzyme Q-10. It can take up to 3 months for significant benefit. Unfortunately, coenzyme Q-10 doesn't seem to be effective in treating migraines, once they have developed.

7.  Parkinson's disease. Some research shows that taking coenzyme Q-10 supplements might slow decline in people with early Parkinson's disease. But taking a coenzyme Q-10 supplement in people with mid-stage Parkinson's disease does not seem to improve symptoms.

8.  Improving the immune system of people with HIV/AIDS.

9.  Muscular dystrophy, an inherited disorder involving muscle wasting. Taking coenzyme Q-10 by mouth seems to improve physical performance in some patients with muscular dystrophy.

So I have coronary Artery Disease and that's why I take Co Q 10.

Hugs,  Elaine

[anita]

It is imperative to take Co Q 10 if taking a statin for cholesterol...as these drugs deplete it in the body.

I have never found it to help dry mouth, nor have I seen it listed to do so.  But if you say it helps, then two thumbs up!!

[Jasper]

I do take CoQ10. I take the Ubiquinol CoQ10 formulation, which is better absorbed.

I have no side effects from it.

I cannot tell you if it helps with dry mouth. My mouth is less dry than it was a year ago, but I cannot tell you which medication or supplement or product is causing my mouth to be less dry. I suspect it is a combination.