
Mark
Male,
age 47
Presentation
- Patient visits your office for his annual exam
- Mark is Director of Sales at a technology company
- Married, with 3 kids
- Overweight; BMI 28.1
- Nonsmoker
- Says he's trying to eat healthier, but he has 1 beer per day after dinner
- Belongs to a gym and a men's basketball league
History
- Diagnosed with hyperlipidemia 7 years ago
- History of asthma
- States his job has been stressful, with long hours
Current Treatment
- Began taking low-dose atorvastatin at diagnosis of high cholesterol; last year Mark needed a dose increase
- Uses an inhaler occasionally for asthma symptoms
- Takes a multivitamin daily and additional vitamin C
Mark asks,
"What else can I do for my overall health?"
For the patient taking a statin, consider Ubiquinol
Possible Recommendations:
- Keep up a healthy diet and regular exercise
- Continue to monitor high cholesterol and treat appropriately
- Evaluate strategies to reduce stress
- Consider Ubiquinol to support optimal heart health and replenish CoQ10 levels1-8
Cholesterol-lowering statins can significantly lower the amount of CoQ10 (ubiquinone) in the blood4-7
- Statins can lower the amount of CoQ10 in the blood, even when a patient has taken a standard dose for as few as 3 months9
- Ubiquinol has been shown to replenish depleted levels of CoQ10 from statin medication use10,11
- Read more about how statins lower CoQ10
Mark:
"I already take a multivitamin—do I need to add Ubiquinol?"Ubiquinol is not in multivitamins
- Ubiquinol is delivered via softgels (it is fat-soluble, not water-soluble)
- Ubiquinol is more readily absorbed in the body and is more bioavailable than conventional CoQ1012-14
- Ubiquinol is the only form of CoQ10 that functions as an antioxidant15