Coenzyme q10 – How do Statin Drugs Affect The Coenzyme q10 in Your Body?

If you do not know what Coenzyme q10 is, it is recommended that you read a previous post on this and then return here.

If you or someone you know is on a cholesterol-lowering medication known as a statin, then you will be interested to read this post.  Examples of statins include simvastatin, lovastatin, and several others.  Studies have found that these cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the amount of Coenzyme q10 available in your body’s cells.  You’ll recall that Coenzyme q10 is naturally found inside your body and is responsible for energy production insides your cells, and acts as antioxidants.  If your body’s cells are not producing adequate levels of energy, your body will not function at its optimal level and you may even notice that you lack energy.

Your heart, by the very nature of what it does every day, is in need of large amounts of energy.  So if Coenzyme q-10 levels drop in your body as a result of using the cholesterol-lowering statins, your heart then cannot work as effectively.  If it cannot pump and operate sufficiently, this is a definite pitfall of taking a cholesterol-lowering medication that is trying to improve your heart health.

So if you are taking a statin drug, what should you do?  It is strongly recommended that you take in more coenzyme q10.  However, it is not easily found in food sources unless you eat foods like pork heart on a regular basis.  That is why it is simpler to take a quality Coenzyme q-10 supplement.  It is recommended that you take somewhere between 30-100 mg/day.  I personally use 100 mg/day.  To increase the absorption of the coenzyme q-10 in your body, it helps to take it with flaxseed oil or a quality fish oil supplement.

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