You will want to read this if you are taking statins. Your doctor should know about this side effect of statins.
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=131385&CultureCode=en
Coenzyme Q10 decreases all cause mortality by half, according to the
results of a multicentre randomised double blind trial presented today
at Heart Failure 2013 congress. It is the first drug to improve heart
failure mortality in over a decade and should be added to standard
treatment, according to lead author Professor Svend Aage Mortensen
(Copenhagen, Denmark).
Heart Failure 2013 is being held from 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal.
It is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the
European Society of Cardiology (1).
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) occurs naturally in the body and is essential to
survival. CoQ10 works as an electron carrier in the mitochondria, the
powerhouse of the cells, to produce energy and is also a powerful
antioxidant. It is the only antioxidant that humans synthesise in the
body.
CoQ10 levels are decreased in the heart muscle of patients with heart
failure, with the deficiency becoming more pronounced as heart failure
severity worsens. Statins are used to treat many patients with heart
failure because they block the synthesis of cholesterol, but these drugs
also block the synthesis of CoQ10, which further decreases levels in
the body.
Double blind controlled trials have shown that CoQ10 improves
symptoms, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with heart
failure with no side effects. But until now, no trials have been
statistically powered to address effects on survival.
More at link.
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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.
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