Chinese red rice depletes muscle coenzyme Q10 and maintains muscle damage after discontinuation of statin treatment

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Apr;54(4):718-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00668_7.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ascomycota*
  • Atorvastatin
  • Biological Products / adverse effects*
  • Coenzymes
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Dietary Supplements / adverse effects*
  • Heptanoic Acids / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Muscle Weakness / chemically induced*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
  • Pyrroles / administration & dosage
  • Ubiquinone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ubiquinone / metabolism

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Coenzymes
  • Heptanoic Acids
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Pyrroles
  • red yeast rice
  • Ubiquinone
  • Atorvastatin
  • Creatine Kinase
  • coenzyme Q10