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Coenzyme Q10 for Sports & Fitness

Coenzyme Q10
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  1. CoQ10 as a Nutritional Supplement
  2. Sports Supplements

How Much Is Usually Taken by Athletes?

Strenuous physical activity lowers blood levels of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).1 However, the effects of CoQ10 on how the healthy body responds to exercise have been inconsistent, with several studies finding no improvement.2, 3, 4, 5 A few studies, using at least four weeks of CoQ10 supplementation at 60 to 100 mg per day, have reported improvements in measures of work capacity ranging from 3 to 29% in sedentary people and from 4 to 32% in trained athletes.6 However, recent double-blind and/or placebo-controlled trials in trained athletes, using performance measures such as time to exhaustion and total performance, have found either no significant improvement or significantly poorer results in those taking CoQ10.7, 8, 9

Side Effects

Congestive heart failure patients who are taking CoQ10 should not discontinue taking CoQ10 supplements unless under the supervision of a doctor.

An isolated test tube study reported that the anticancer effect of a certain cholesterol-lowering drug was blocked by addition of CoQ10.10 So far, experts in the field have put little stock in this report because its results have not yet been confirmed in animal, human, or even other test tube studies. The drug used in the test tube is not used to treat cancer, and preliminary information regarding the use of high amounts of CoQ10 in humans suggests the possibility of anticancer activity.11, 12, 13

Interactions with Supplements, Foods, & Other Compounds

At the time of writing, there were no well-known supplement or food interactions with this supplement.

Interactions with Medicines

Certain medicines interact with this supplement.

What Are Drug Interactions
Types of interactions:beneficial= Beneficialadverse= Adversecheck= Check
dnicon_BeneficialReplenish Depleted Nutrients
Amitriptyline
Amoxapine
Atorvastatin
Cerivastatin
Clomipramine
Desipramine
Doxepin
Fluvastatin
Gemfibrozil
Imipramine
Lovastatin
Nortriptyline
Pitavastatin
Protriptyline
Rosuvastatin
Simvastatin
Trimipramine
dnicon_BeneficialReduce Side Effects
Atorvastatin
Cerivastatin
Doxorubicin
Fluvastatin
Lovastatin
Mesoridazine
Perphenazine
Pitavastatin
Rosuvastatin
Simvastatin
Thioridazine
Timolol
dnicon_BeneficialSupport Medicine

none

dnicon_AvoidReduces Effectiveness
Warfarin
dnicon_AvoidPotential Negative Interaction

none

dnicon_CheckExplanation Required
Pravastatin
Propranolol
References

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