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From: wurzelma@aecom.UUCP (John Wurzelmann)
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Subject: Re: Re: What are some of these new pills?
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 12:53:03 EST
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	As luck would have it, I am currently involved in the clinical
testing of Coenzyme Q-10 for the treatment of angina pectoris. Our trials
are still in progress and still double-blinded, so it's impossible to
say anything concrete about the efficacy of this medication, but I must
say that it is the gut feeling of those of us who are involved that the
drug will not pan out as a useful treatment for angina. On the other hand,
the drug has apparently done well in clinical trials in Japan. A review on
this subject is currently being written by Drs. William Frishman, Steven
Greenberg and David Jacobs, and should be appearing in Cardiovascular
Reviews and Reports sometime early next year. For the time being however,
I would not recommend that anyone take this medication for any reason.

						John Wurzelmann