Re: trade supplements directive and decreased access to supplements and viatmins

[Guest guest]

I actually think it might be a good thing to get CoQ10 to be a

prescription drug, I find one of the difficult parts about this

disease is convincing non mito-docs (and hospitals) that yes, I have

to take this supplement, it is a medication. I wonder about the

cost - would it increase or decrease, because many of us are taking

so much of it now the cost is astronomical (with little to no hope of

reimbursement).

On a similar note, have others had problems getting their CoQ10 in

the hospital? Some hospitals don't allow *ANY* non-prescription

medications. We had one doctor write a prescription for acidophilus

because the hospital wouldn't allow the patient to take it " without a

prescription " . I think one of my uncle's problems was that his

sister " doesn't believe in natural medicines " and CoQ10 falls into

that group for her, yet he had strong mito signs that were helped by

the CoQ10 (and also heart disease). Certainly if CoQ10 was a

prescription drug, she would have made sure he took it, like the

other 10 things he was prescribed...

This is certainly an interesting subject, one of those " d**ned if you

do, d**ned if you don't " things...

Take care,

RH

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> web site regarding regulations that would drastically limit the

> supplements and vitamins available over the counter.

> http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/13/vitamins_minerals.htm

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> time to write our representatives.