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Old 01-13-2012, 05:28 AM   #12
Becky
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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.
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