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Originally Posted by Ian Coe
I need to stop looking up new things.
Anyone heard of Idebenone ?
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I was talking with the pharmacist about CoQ10 the other day and Idebenone came up. From what I understood, it is basically a waste of money. It is similar to CoQ10, but without the nasty side effect that over-taking CoQ10 can have, where it actually does the opposite of what it is supposed to.
The stuff is like 4x more expensive than Co Enzyme Q10. She basically said you just have to take only how much CoQ10 you need and there is nothing to worry about with taking it. Which I guess is ~50mg/day or less, unless you are on statin drugs or similar.
edit: After doing some research, it seems our discussion may have been a little outdated. There are a lot of claims of other benefits of Idebenone, but I can't really find any unbiased sources. Maybe someone else can shed some light.