Re: Carnitor and CoQ10

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Hi, Christie,

>I am starting CO-Q10 working up to 700mg and carnitor working up to 990mg.

>Added to this will be B Vitimins, alpha lipoic acid, selenium, vit C to

>prevent as much free radical damage as possible. I also started DHEA.

>Carnitine (carnitor) is covered by insurance, but Co-q isn't. Because of

>the

>expense, I started working toward getting Blue Cross to cover it.

When I was started on CoQ10, my doc wrote a scrip for sublingual formulated.

This was not on the market then - isn't now unless you consider chewable and

sublingual as the same. His/my source was Pharmacy on the Park; Charlotte,

NC 28211 ph: 800-654-3115

As it was available by Rx formulation only, insurance should have paid for

it - but didn't. (Didn't pay for Carnitor either. Ostensibly because the

CoQ10 was OTC, & FDA regulations be d* & $ed; Carnitor was not " approved for

use " in CFS, and FDA policy and approval language be d*^$ed. But then, Blue

Cross is greater than God, or at least any stupid government agency,

according to ThemSelves. BTW, my sympathies on your insurer.)

I have been taking 3g/day Carnitor for 7 years now. I also have a terrible

body odor, but have noticed that it changes when my symptoms change -

sometimes acidic, sometimes smoky (oxidation products?), sometimes something

I can't describe except as really nasty. The odor, and my symptoms, have

been getting progressively worse. So I'm thinking that it is some infection

causing the stink.

Incidentally, I have seen where some docs believe that mito damage can be

due to infection with mycoplasma or other intracellular parasite.

Jerry

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