Effekt og sikkerhed af kosttilskud indeholdende Q10: Efficacy and safety of dietary supplementation containing Q10].

The literature concerning the importance of Q10 for health and disease has been reviewed. Dietary intake together with normal in vivo synthesisseems to fulfil the body's demands for Q10 in younger, healthy individuals. The importance of Q10 in general well-being has not been investigated incontrolled experiments. The literature allows no firm conclusions about the significance of Q10 in physical activity. In different cardiovasculardiseases a positive effect of oral Q10 supplementation has been reported, especially in chronic heart failure. These effects should be furtherexamined. No important adverse side effects have been reported from experiments using daily supplements of up to 200 mg of Q10 for six to twelvemonths, and 100 mg daily for up to six years.