Thank you all BP medications in Mito.

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-Malisa,

I don't know where my Doctor got the infomation but I do know that

he is really trying to help and sort my mito out re vtamins and drug

reactions..and he volunteered the info re Atenolol lowering Q10

maybe they have a Docs handbook or something..

Gillian

...-- In , Malilibear@a... wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/7/2005 9:57:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> gill@s... writes:

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> ..the Atenolol stuff I do know has him really worried

> because of this Q10 stuff, I already take Lipitor so I think I

> follow his reasoning..

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> Hi Gillian,

> Can atenolol decrease CoQ10 levels? Is that why your doctor is

concerned

> about using atenolol? I've been on atenolol for BP issues for

about 5 yrs and it

> controls the BP really well, but I have heard that certain beta

blockers can

> drop CoQ levels. None of my doctors know anything about this

though. Any

> insight you have would be great.

> Thanks.

> Malisa

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