Dosages of 300 mg per day are now being recommended by many Migraine specialists. It is recommended that the softgel form be used as CoQ10 is less effective once powdered to make tablets and capsules.
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Resources:
1 Rozen, TD, Oshinsky, ML, Gebeline, CA, Bradley, KC, Young, WB, Shechter, AL & Silberstein, SD. "Open label trial of coenzyme Q10 as a migraine preventive." Cephalalgia 22 (2), 137-141.
2 Andrew D. Hershey MD, PhD, Scott W. Powers PhD, Anna-Liisa B. Vockell RN, MSN, CPNP, Susan L. LeCates RN, MSN, CFNP, Priscilla L. Ellinor RN, MSN, CPNP, Ann Segers RN, Danny Burdine BA, Paula Manning RN, Marielle A. Kabbouche MD (2007). "Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency and Response to Supplementation in Pediatric and Adolescent Migraine." Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain 47 (1) , 73–80 doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00652.x
3 Coenzyme Q10 (PDQ®). National Cancer Institute.
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Last updated June 15, 2008
