A member asked:

Is it safe to use ubiquinol supplements while on thyroxine? is it also safe to take while pregnant?

7 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ubiquanol: I am unaware of any literature that progibits use of ubiquanol with thyroid medicine. If you are pregnant, congratulations, you still can take ubiquanol

Answered 10/23/2017

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

No evidence safe or: evidence of any of benefit, only ads for sales. The key role of ubiquinone is within mitochondria. While taking additional can increase concentrations in blood plasma, there is no evidence of this changing concentrations within the mitochondria & clinical trials have not shown benefit. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenzyme_Q10 & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NADH_dehydrogenase_(ubiquinone).

Answered 4/27/2017

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Very safe: Ubiquinol is found in every cell of our body, in fact life as we know it would not be possible without CoQ10. There are no known interactions with thyroxine and it is safe in pregnancy. It has many proven benefits: https://ubiquinol.org/ubiquinol-coq10-supplement-facts Many people on thyroxine (T4) benefit from the addition of Liothyronine (T3)- see http://tinyurl.com/n4zmkro

Answered 1/27/2017

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Dr. Cornelius Oleary answered

Specializes in Urgent Care

Caution : A pubmed search indicates several studies that show coenzyme Q10 levels may afffect circulating hormone levels including thyroid hormone. Indeed, hypothyroidism is correlated with high levels of coq10 in many studies so I would avoid this supplement. The FDA does not regulate supplements and its educational to know that doctors do not know of all drug/supplement interactions if not studied.

Answered 1/26/2017

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