Just got back from a visit with my lung doctor and found my FEV1 was up 2 points to 30; this after having started daily intake of CoQ10 (100 mg) and regular exercise doing yard work and the such. In addition, we found that I was supposed to be, and he supposed I WAS, on albuterol as a rescue measure all this time. I haven't been for four years at least because I'd been taken off it. I now have a prescription for the VA at my next visit this Friday.
The good news about the FEV1 increase was very welcome and I look forward to more improvement by my next visit six months hence.
Duncan
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I have heard of the coenzyme Q10, I bought some from Holland and Barrett, then got concerned that they might not mix with current medication. Were you recommended to take it by medical professionals or is this something you are trying off your own back?
" Hello Nin. With your concerns about Coenzyme Q10...I take them daily, and i find there is no bad side affects to them at all, i have been on them now for over 6 months and find them to be a very valuable vitamin, when you have COPD. just thought i would let you know so you don't worry about them..Megan."
Thanks for your reply....; I read up on CoQ10 quite a bit, its history and development and so on and it seems there're no ill effects of any note and if there are they're only temporary. Personally, I think you're being overly cautious and yes I did discuss the matter with my physician.
I would suggest you do a bit of research on this and other subjects you might have an interest in; after all, the internet is basically one great big Encyclopedia Universal....; it always benefits if one cross checks and reads up on things.
Thank you for your response and the following information, yes you are probably right about being over cautious, I purchased the tablets about the time I started radio therapy and started my cancer medication. I am due for a check up tomorrow, so I'll ask whilst I'm there.
Thanks for bringing the b.cancer reference to my attention peege, perhaps I should buy again, and actually take them this time, never got the chance to mention them at my routine checkup, cos as usual, life kicks you in the face, they found a new lump, so another wait for mammogram and results, just fingers crossed for me that it's not another nasty.
Oh no. I'm so sorry Nin (I still think of you with your old name. Does your real name begin with A? My daughters name. Or ignore me if my memory's playing tricks).
Thinking of you and hoping for best news for you. Let me know won't you - only if you feel like it. In a PM if better for you.
Thanks peege, if it is bad news, then I beat it once, I can do it again. Yes, my real name is Anna, I used to have username psorias, I actually deleted that account when I was fighting the first bout of breast cancer. I met my partner Azaard on this site, and his nickname for me is Nin.
Excellent link itsBAme. Now I'm even more pleased ive been taking it for 2/3 years now. I take 60mgs daily, probably not enough to make much difference but Heho.
Good on ya', Peege...., the 2 points improvement I mentioned earlier have been after taking 100 mgs. of CoQ10 for just under 2 months daily. Of course, who's to say how much that's due to the vitamin and simply just "because"...; however, it's cheap enough and there don't seem to be any after effects, so....
"...Coenzyme Q10 given to 53 healthy young males at 150 mg per day for two weeks led to a 4.8-fold increase in coQ10 levels in the blood and a significant 12.7 percent decrease in LDL cholesterol, according to a study published in the Aug. 29 edition of the journal IUBMB Life.
The coQ10 “induces characteristic gene expression patterns, which are translated into reduced LDL cholesterol levels and altered parameters of [red blood cell production or] erythropoiesis in humans,” the scientists concluded.
CoQ10 sales grew 8.2 percent in the last year, to $137 million, in combined mass-market and natural channels, according to data from market research firm SPINS.
The study is even more notable because coQ10 supplementation is recommended for patients taking statin drugs—the top-selling class of pharmaceutical drugs in the world—because statin drugs tend to deplete the body of coQ10 levels.
Study researcher Simone Eussen told Functional Ingredients magazine that the jury is still out on the coQ10-statin nexus. “The musculoskeletal complaints associated with statin therapy might be related to a statin-induced coenzyme Q10 deficiency,” Eussen said. “Although there are ample studies that showed that statins reduce plasma Q10, there are only two studies with contrasting results that investigated the influence of supplementing Q10 on muscle pains. We concluded that data is insufficient to recommend Q10 to patients on statin therapy."
These comments, however, fly in the face of government pronouncements to the contrary.
“The Canadian health care system put black-box warning on their statins to recommend Q10,” said Scott Steinford, president at coQ10 supplier ZMC-USA. “Obviously, there’s enough there for Canadians to make a decision.”
Steinford referenced a 2003 article in Smart Money magazine, “The Lipitor Dilemma,” which detailed the statin-coQ10 problem. “There have been a number of studies—I don’t know where they came up with only two—that focus on coQ10 depletion. I think there might be some studies they may have missed.”
Karl Folkers, a scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, US, is the father of coQ10 research, and for the past 25+ years he has consistently proven in dozens of groundbreaking studies that coQ10 protects the heart from failure by keeping its energy levels high. But, this nutraceutical doesn’t just keep the heart pumping. Through its profound energising ability, coQ10 can help treat illnesses as diverse as diabetes, chronic lung disease, and gum disease. One study even shows that the co-enzyme can reduce tumours associated with breast cancer. For those of us who are in good health, coQ10 can improve fitness by increasing our exercise endurance.
Physical Endurance. In a study of healthy males 20 years of age and older, 60 mg of the co-enzyme administered daily for eight weeks significantly improved exercise capacity.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [COPD]. A study in “Clinical Investigations” reported that eight weeks of coQ10 supplementation at 90 mg a day notably improved respiratory performance in individuals with chronic lung diseases such as emphysema.
Cholesterol. When LDL [“bad”] cholesterol becomes oxidised, it creates free radicals, which collide with – and, cause serious damage to -- the walls of the arteries. CoQ10, a proven anti-oxidant, protects LDL from this harmful peroxidation process. Moreover, a study suggests that coQ10 can regenerate another anti-oxidant, vitamin E, which is also particularly good at preventing the oxidation of cholesterol.
Dmactds What pleasant news for you. The fact that you do all the things like exercises, taking supplements are a witness of your good health. Keep it up, well done!
Unfortuanately, like most of us here who squandered our gloriously misspent youths, I should'a, would'a, could'a dropped all of those 'evil' habits many of us acquire early on which bring us to such ends as we face now.
However, I find myself asking myself all the time, "Criminy, yer 72 years old !!! How wrinkled up and aged do you wanna get !!???" To which I reply, "Any time now is 'Jake' with me..!!!"
Perhaps so, Dmactds, but we are not in charge of our own exit. What we are asked, though, is to try to maintain in good nick what we are left with. Pulmonary Rehabilitation would be a good move to adopt if your doc allows it. Of course, we all get on in life. But we can set goals for ourselves which could lead to something we have never attempted before. it's time to explore how to boost yourself. some home exercises like The 8 pieces of brocade to boost your energy.
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