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hello everybody

I am male,30 years old
For some time I have been taking Omega 3 and Coenzyme q10.
My resting pulse was always 88- 92 and when I stood up and started just to walk.. it reached 100-108.My blood pressure was 125/70.
I noticed that my tachycardia was from the coenzime q10.
Is it possible for tachycardia to be a side effect from coenzime q10 ?
I stopped taking Coenzime q10 for 3 days to observe what happens.
I noticed now that my resting pulse is at 72-76 and standing up and just walking it reaches 80-84.The problem is that now my blood pressure is not 125/70 anymore.Now my blood pressure is 135/85.What should I do?
Should I start taking Coenzime q10 again or not?
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Several years ago, I read on the Dr. Weil website to take CoQ10 (100 mg a day) when I was on a statin drug for cholesterol, because it's good for the  muscles.  Muscles can be affected, in some people, when taking a statin, and the heart is, of course, a muscle.  Anyway, I've taken COQ10 for years, even after I was able to go off the statin drug. (I lost a lot of weight and my cholesterol came down a lot.

My resting heart rate now is still the same as it always was (about 76 to 78 beats a minute). If I'm having some PVCs, the heart rate is sometimes different, though. So maybe the CoQ10 only affects some people?  Never hurts to get your doctor's take on it, though, I guess.  
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Interesting, and it seems you get a higher, but not dangerous, HR from Coenzyme q10 (which I know nothing about).   That it also lowers you BP my be normal, that is a higher HR for a given activity level may mean you need less pressure to get the needed oxygen to your muscles.  That said, I believe both BP and HR go up when one increasing physical activity, so I noted your case was for the same physical activity level.

Where's the O3 coming from, fish oil?  Is the q10 a joint remedy?  

You may need to discuss the high BP with a doctor, but I think you have the evidence in hand that the q10 is causing an elevated HR... not dangerous, I think, but not the best of results either.
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