Re: drugs that deplete coq10

adam_becker_sr_at_yahoo.com
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: 2 Feb 2005 22:19:01 -0800

> Another commonly prescribed diabetic drug, Glucophage, depletes not
only CoQ10,
> but also vitamin B12, a second risk factor for heart disease.

I am skeptical of the claim that Glucophage (metformin) depletes CoQ10
(ubiquitin.) I couldn't find any such thing in PubMed. When I
googled, I found several naturopathic sites making the same claim, but
nothing that looked like an authorative site.
Does anybody know more about this claim?

Adam Becker