Does anyone take COQ10 with propranolol?

[Sammi25]

I was prescribed 40mg propranolol in December for my panic attacks/heart palpitations. This then lead to be ectopic beats, I think the anxiety around this really made me ill so the doctor told me to increase the propranolol to 3 times a day. My holter monitor and echo was normal. I felt ok taking this dose for a month or two but then I noticed an increase in the ectopics. So my cardiologist told me to decrease the propranolol if it wasn’t working and now I’m back to one dose of 40mg and the ectopics have decreased. I’ve also been taking COQ10 for a week, only a small dose of 50mg. I’m wondering if this has anything to do with it as well. Had anyone else taken propranolol with COQ10?

[hausjac]

I take another beta blocker Bisoprolol 7.5mg and have been taking 10mg/day for over 30 years as well as Ubiquinol 200mg (a better form of COQ10) for about the same time. It would not affect the beta blocker and in fact my cardio is happy for me to take it as it is good for the heart and also one's energy levels. If you are taking statins as well then to take COQ10 is definitely a no-brainer as lowers the level of this antioxident which the body produces anyway.

[RichMert in reply to hausjac]

Do you take Bisoprolol for Ectopics??

[hausjac in reply to RichMert]

I have AV re-entry tachycardia from an accessory pathway so I take Bisoprolol for that as well as an old drug called Disopyramide for the last 35 years. Since being diagnosed with PAF about 3 years ago following a 14 day monitor as tachycardia was playing up he is very happy for me to stay on this medication as I appear to be one of the lucky ones in that I'm asymptomatic which may or may not be because of the drugs I'm already taking. We shall see. I'm now just on the dreaded Apixaban whcih is a nuisance as I have OA so can't take NSAIDS. Hey ho you win some you lose some!

[RichMert in reply to hausjac]

Tachycardia being SVT. I think that is maybe why I was on Bisoprolol many years ago. I just get 6 second blasts of tachycardia now on rare occassions since ablations.

[hausjac in reply to RichMert]

Despite all my meds I still get tachycardia at times but find that lying on my left side stops it immediately. On an EP study I was documented at 230/min but refused an ablation and have managed to stay away from such intervention for very many years so long may it last!

[ILowe]

COQ10 is under-researched for AF and is better known prescribed for Heart Failure. Lots of people with AF have HF. You can probably generalise your propranolol to betablockers. The first major warning is for those taking Warfarin, but the effect can go either way, so those on warfarin need to test more often when stopping and starting.

There is a question of time scales. When I started it, I said I would try it for one week and check for side effects, then I would take it for a year for efficacy. Then there was the question of quality supplies at a reasonable price. Then, capsules get stuck in my throat: a hospital pharmacist website said I could pierce them and eat the oily contents with food, so that is what I do, and I pierce them with my incisors!

All the research I have seen suggests that CoQ10 has good tolerability and safety and can be considered as an adjuvant therapy. Just in case: does your cardiologist know you are trying CoQ10?

So, if your doctor is happy, and you are ready to pay the bills, then you have little to lose and a lot to gain by trying this.

[pusillanimous]

I was advised to take Q10 when I was first prescribed statins years ago, and have continued to take it even after being diagnosed with Familial AF 5 years ago, (I take 1.25mg Biso per day and Eliquis for that ) I also used to suffer from panic attacks, but have been prescribed Alzam for the past 15 years, I still suffer from anxiety to a degree, but nothing like before treatment. I believe that the NHS is reluctant to prescribe psychotic drugs like Alzam and when they do, it is very short term as they are addictive. However, after 15 years and aged 80,my small dose has not turned me into a druggie, but makes my life so much better(I live in South Africa) ,My Cardiologist has no objection to them as he feels the calming effect is beneficial. If you think about it, all drugs taken for chronic conditions are addictive !!!!