The Use of Coenzyme Q10 in Hypertension: An Educational Article and Expert Opinion

Dietary health supplements have been increasingly used in the prevention and treatment of chronic disorders. Coenzyme Q10 is a dietary health supplement that has been reported to have an anti-oxidant property as early as the 1966 .The aim of this paper is to review coenzyme Q10 research findings relevant to its use in hypertension. Expert opinion The current evidence-base expert opinion suggests the coenzyme Q10 can used as anti-hypotensive agent in early hypertensive disease and in mild hypertension without significant irreversible vascular changes and also in isolated systolic hypertension.