My doctor suggested I save my money on Coq10- she said there is no proven benefit.

I began taking it when my mothers cardiologist recommended she try it along with her cocktail of pills- she had inoperable heart disease by that time and I have always thought there was not much else he could recommend to her at that point, that was the feeling I got. I talked it up and we started taking it together. There was very little that could be done and this made her feel a little better- thinking she was taking this miracle vitamin that might help her.  She always wanted to be sure she had some every day.

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Mine told me to take CoQ10 along with my cholesterol prescription to help stave off the side effect of stiff muscles. I got off the cholesterol drug and stopped taking the CoQ10 as well. About 2 weeks later, my joints and muscles started aching again, so I went back on the CoQ. So for me, it's working (even if it's just in my head) ~

I was kind of surprised my doc had nothing good to say about CoQ10. But you know, I think if a person believes it will do you some good, just believing in it does something positive for you. I know my mother hoped it would help her- I think it made her feel in some small way that she could do something positive about her health. I will probably ignore my doctors advice and continue to blow my money on it :-)./dandyfop

I only buy it when there's a BOGO on them in Walgreens or CVS

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