More info on Q10 and carnitine

[Ray Holder]

I have just been given a website address which has a lot of good info on the discovery and use of Coenzyme 10, also carnitine, it looks a bit suspect at first, the name is a bit unfortunate, but it shows what goes on in the background to hamper the development of non patentable substances, presumably by the drug companies.

There is a lot to read, I have only read a few pages so far, but I have learned a lot in a short while from the various articles. Dr Passwater worked for a while with Linus Pauling, but I won't hold that against him!! The interviews with the man at the discovery of Q10, and Dr Sinatra who uses Q10 all the time as a cardiologist are very interesting.

Ray

[Darrell]

Any plans to share a link with us, Ray?

[Ray Holder]

Sorry all, put it down to my extreme youth (second time around)

The link is <www.drpasswater.com> , and go to articles.

Ray

[Darrell]

Passwater's website says he "received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Delaware in 1959, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Bernadean University of Nevada in 1975".

Bernadean is a diploma mill.
[http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/Nonrecorg/bernadean.html]

[Ray Holder]

Another bubble burst!! I would like to believe the people he interviews, how about Dr Sinatra and the man at the discovery of Q10, any lead on them??

I am beginning to despair over the way medicine is stitched up, the two pillars of regulation and "best practice" advice in Uk seem to be puppets of Big Pharma. I am contemplating complaining to the National Audit Office, but I don't know how far that will get me.

Thanks

Ray

[Darrell]

ust because Passwater used a diploma mill to get his "Dr." in 1975 doesn't mean that the other things he says are wrong, it just means that he's been willing to mislead people -- for 31 years.

Dr. Stephen Sinatra seems to have valid medical credentials. Albany Medical College is a valid medical teaching institution (amc.edu) and I checked with ABIM (abim.org) to verify that he is Board certified as stated in both internal medicine and cardiology. He seems to be the real deal.

[Darrell]

For what it's worth, it does appear that "Fred L. Crane" was indeed the person to first isolate coenzyme Q10 in pure form (University of Wisconsin in 1957).