Heart Technology Treatment and Congestive Heart Failure
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:46 am
by KathyHKidd
I've been trying to determine whether the Heart Technology treatment is helpful for congestive heart failure, but I haven't been successful. I do not have any coronary artery blockage -- just CHF, which was caused by untreated sleep apnea that I had for 20+ years.
The Heart Technology treatment is very expensive -- at least, it is for me! I don't want to take it if its primary use is to unclog arteries, because that's not my problem. Can anyone point me to some research that specifically targets treatments for CHF?
hopefully,
Kathy Kidd
Re: Heart Technology Treatment and Congestive Heart Failure
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:39 am
by joiv
Re: Heart Technology Treatment and Congestive Heart Failure
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:41 am
by joiv
Re: Heart Technology Treatment and Congestive Heart Failure
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:17 am
by ofonorow
Thanks joiv - I concur, and I happen to be rereading Dr. Stephen Sinatra's book on CoQ10.
According to Sinatra, many drugs and an OVER active thyroid, can burn up CoQ10 reserves in the body, leading to congestive heart failure. One of the worst drugs is a chemotherapy drugs Andromycian. (I'll check the spelling later).
The treatment is the same, take CoQ10, only the dosage may differ, and CoQ10 must be taken with fats/oils for the best effect.
It is not the CoQ10 you ingest, it is the CoQ10 that makes it into your blood stream that counts.
Sinatra recommends Tischon's Q-Gels.
I would start with 200 mg with meals (fats/oils)
THen increase by 100 mg daily until the symptoms reside.
You can probably go as high as 1200 mg daily, but I would
think a maintenance dosages is around 400 mg daily.
A young, healthy human can make about 500 mg daily, according to Dr. John Ely.
Re: Heart Technology Treatment and Congestive Heart Failure
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:49 am
by Ralph Lotz
Tischon's Q-Gels are 3 times more potent than ordinary COQ10. It is what I take.
Country Life in HF stores cost $67.95
I used to sell them on my site for $33 until I found them cheaper at SWANSON's and Vitacost, which is exactly the same stuff:
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/ProductD ... ogId=10051http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-CoQ10-Q-Gel-MegaTishcon was established in 1977 by Raj K. Chopra, Vipin Patel, and others. Prior to establishing Tishcon, Raj Chopra was the Technical Director of PFI and taught Industrial Pharmacy at Columbia University (NY). Raj Chopra is a leading authority on health foods and vitamin supplements in the United States. He is acknowledged to be an expert in Chewable Multivitamin formulations, Timed Release formulations and Bioenhanced Supplements.
Tishcon is at
http://www.coq10.com.
Raj makes good stuff!
Using the Vitasearch Feature at the Tishcon site netted these results for CHF:
http://search.vitasearch.com/search?q=c ... etfields=*