Re: drugs that deplete coq10

From: Tiger Lily (me_at_privacy.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:01:57 -0700

just other Dr's words

i believe its in the Harvard Cocktail for diabetics

kate 

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<adam_becker_sr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > 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
>
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