Category Archives: Hypercholesterolemia

Atorvastatin Decreases the Coenzyme Q10 Level in the Blood

Full Title: Atorvastatin Decreases the Coenzyme Q10 Level in the Blood of Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Tatjana Rundek, MD; Ali Naini, PhD; Ralph Sacco, MD; Kristen Coates, MS; Salvatore DiMauro, MD Arch Neurol. 2004;61:889-892. ABSTRACT Background: … Continue reading

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Effect of Coenzyme q10 on Myopathic Symptoms in Patients Treated with Statins

Caso G, Kelly P, McNurlan MA, Lawson WE. Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. giuseppe.caso@stonybrook.edu Treatment of hypercholesterolemia with statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) is effective in the primary and secondary prevention … Continue reading

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