Re: Co-Q10

[Jo Ann Coen <jac694@xxxxxxxx>]

Paul - That author is Dr. Mertin and I can't recall his wife's name.
They had a 3 hour program on Radio Station KSEV, here in Houston, and I
loved it.  He was a great proponent of CoQ10, as well as acidophallus,
and truthfully speaking, I thought it was an excellent book co-authored
by husband and wife.  Besides how can you condemn it if you haven't tried
it? Jo Ann
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 19:04:56 EDT Paul Lauer <PHL1037@xxxxxxx> writes:
>Everybody: CAUTION CAUTION CAUTION. If the book referred to is
>something like
>"Prescription for Nutritional Healing" or close to it. It is by a Dr.
>and his
>wife who as I recollect is a nutritionist. Sorry to be so vague but I
>have to
>go from memory because I THREW THE DAMNED THING OUT. These people are
>quacks.
>A friend gave me this book when she found out I had Parkinson's. I had
>just
>found out myself and knew very little beyond what my taciturn Neuro
>told me.
>I belonged as yet to no lists. I read the section in this book on PD
>which
>informed me that me and most like me would be dead in ten years
>(that's the
>MD quack talking). It also advised that I should limit my Protein
>intake to 7
>grams DAILY (that's the utritionist/dietician or whatever she claims
>she,
>quacking). I suppose the latter advice is to make sure the former
>prediction
>comes true. Seriously, stay away from this book. It is severely
>flawed.
>
>As for CO Q10, there was a study (and may still be) in which the
>participants
>were taking 600, 900, and 1200 mg daily. I presume there was a control
>group
>as well but that's not germane to my answer. It was being conducted at
>a
>number of sites including somewhere in Philly and somewhere upstate
>NY, maybe
>Albany. I tried to join but they wanted people who were not yet on any
>medication so I wasn't eligible. The nurse coordinator for the
>Philadelphia
>study chatted with me for a while and I learned at least that no one,
>at any
>dose, had had any serious adverse reactions. So I decided to try it
>and we
>agreed that I would be a member sub-rosa and call her from time to
>time and
>report anything there might be to report. I built to 900 mg/day at 100
>mg/week intervals and took the 900 mg probably for a year without
>adverse
>reaction. Then I developed an edema problem and systematically stopped
>taking
>everything (including Requip and Selegiline) too try to find the
>culprit.
>Haven't found it yet and it wasn't the CO Q10 so I'm on my way back up
>again
>to 900. For some reason the study nurse stopped returning my calls and
>answering my e-mail. Perhaps she was concerned that she would be
>accountable
>if something went wrong with me. That's not my style but she can't
>know that.
>
>Anyway, beware that horrible book!
>
>Paul H. Lauer
>
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