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Becky · 01-13-2012, 05:28 AM

Jenny

You need to take 390 mg of CoQ10 for it to be therapeutic for heart function. Do not take it all at once and wean yourself into this dose and when you want to scale back, wean your way off this dose.

I know you are taking 150mg now and I don't know how you take it but you could increase to 200mg right now.

100mg at breakfast, 50 at lunch and 50 at dinner. Do this for 3 or 4 days and then increase to 250 by doing 100mg at breakfast, 100 mg at lunch and 50 at dinner (always keep the dinner dose low as for some people, CoQ10 interfers with sleep).

A couple of days after that do 100-100-100. If you do have sleep problems because of it, switch to 150-100-50. I think you get the picture. Do this until you are at 400mg. There is evidence that this daily dose does work for many people. I used this dose during Herceptin and was able to finish even though my echo was dropping.

When its time to scale back, also scale back as above, cutting out 50mg every 3-4 days.

01-13-2012, 05:28 AM	#12
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Heart function decresed Jenny You need to take 390 mg of CoQ10 for it to be therapeutic for heart function. Do not take it all at once and wean yourself into this dose and when you want to scale back, wean your way off this dose. I know you are taking 150mg now and I don't know how you take it but you could increase to 200mg right now. 100mg at breakfast, 50 at lunch and 50 at dinner. Do this for 3 or 4 days and then increase to 250 by doing 100mg at breakfast, 100 mg at lunch and 50 at dinner (always keep the dinner dose low as for some people, CoQ10 interfers with sleep). A couple of days after that do 100-100-100. If you do have sleep problems because of it, switch to 150-100-50. I think you get the picture. Do this until you are at 400mg. There is evidence that this daily dose does work for many people. I used this dose during Herceptin and was able to finish even though my echo was dropping. When its time to scale back, also scale back as above, cutting out 50mg every 3-4 days. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"