How do I love thee PQQ? Let me count the ways! My husband has severe congestive heart failure. So bad that in March 2008 I was told by a local electrophysiologist that I "don't understand you are taking your husband home to die... that he will be dead within 2 weeks, probably a few days." Well, being stubborn, I reached out to my friends who introduced me to the book Sinatra Solution by Cardiologist Dr. Stephen Sinatra, MD where we put Metabolic Cardiology to work. One of the keys in Metabolic Cardiology is co-enzymeQ10. We later learned about ubiquinol, then more recently about PQQ after experiencing significant cardiac decline thanks to overzealous use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by several doctors. We discovered that FQ antibiotics are infamous for damaging mitochondrial DNA. Great. Just great. NONE of the medical professionals informed us of this issue, NONE of the medical professionals took ownership for helping him recover after he was once again seriously harmed at the hands of so-called medical professionals. Once I uncovered the power of PQQ we put it to work. Within a few days it was quite evident that when he took QH PQQ he was somewhat functional again, but when it had been more than 12 hours since a dose of QH PQQ he was once again a nearly bedridden cardiac patient. The real truth was the day that we believe that ONLY due to taking 4 to 6 QH PQQ a day, was he able to attend an MLB baseball game to watch our beloved Cardinals in action (see the included photo). Ubiquinol is vital to the health of mitochondria for ATP production. The QH PQQ is a GREAT source of these vital nutrients, particularly for cardiac patients and those wanting the very best energy production in their bodies. Since we discovered PQQ we realized another problem - those FQ antibiotics also set the stage for other unwanted intestinal situations. Once we combined the QH PQQ with intestinal support of Jarrow Forumulas Saccharomyces Boulardii MOS along with Garden of Life Ultimate Care 34 strain probiotics the turnaround was quite remarkable. Bottom line, the more grave the situation, the more vital it is to try everything possible to support the heart and overall health. This is what we've been doing the past nearly EIGHT YEARS since he was given a grim prognosis, We're fully confident that given a few more weeks he'll be firmly back on his feet cardiac wise. We owe the credit for this remarkable turn around for our friend who introduced us to the Sinatra Books, Dr. Stephan Sinatra for publishing such vital information validating that yes, indeed, metabolic cardiology WORKS as well as the researchers and companies like Jarrow Formulas who bring the latest in nutrition science available to us. Still wondering if PQQ is safe? PQQ is found naturally in beans, parsley, green tea, potatoes, fermented foods and more; human breast milk is one of the highest sources of natural PQQ. Since learning about PQQ being naturally available in human breast milk (and the significance that one of the highest food sources of PQQ is in breast milk...) I've realized the significance that PQQ is likely vital for the infant to develop strong mitochondrial DNA particularly in the developing heart. I'm floored that I've never seen PQQ mentioned on an infant formula label.... perchance the increased usage of infant formula without PQQ be linked to the increasing rates of cardiovascular disease and muscular dysfunction common in today's western society? I'd like to see more research on this relevant topic

I started taking this about 6 weeks ago in the hopes that it would help me get pregnant. My husband and I have been trying for two years and have done two rounds of IUI Clomid without success. Before looking into IVF, I figured I would do some research and give supplements a try. 6 weeks later, I got a positive pregnancy test. I do not think this product is solely responsible for our success, but I do think it played a role. Combining with other supplements (Vitex, Evening Primrose Oil, Dong Quai), eating an anti-inflammatory diet, and getting regular exercise really made a difference for me

Over my life, I have been suckered...uh...drawn to buying a lot supplements that claim benefits that I simply don't experience. You see the ad, buy the pill, then...nothing. I don't put this product in that category. For me, a 39 year old male who is one of the unfortunate many who do the sedentary 9-5 office thing, I noticed the benefits within a week of taking it. How did I feel different? Well, after a typical day at the office and my craptastic commute home in Chicago traffic, I usually felt dead tired. I would get home, change clothes, and plop down on the couch, maybe eat something, and watch some mindless telly until bedtime. My occasional post-work gym visits were the exception to this pattern. After taking Ubiquinone for a week, I strangely felt alert on my ride home and starting getting home and doing things (chores, shopping, getting out, etc...). Note: I took 200 mg (2 pills) daily for the first week, then 100 mg (1 pill) thereafter. What's more, I recently ran out of pills and started doing that "5 o'clock flop" again (flopping in your car then later, your couch, because of fatigue). Upon taking again, that "dead" feeling from 5-8 every night went away in a few days. AND...just to prove I don't work for Jarrow Formulas, I will even say that you could probably get these results from ANY brand of Ubiquinone

I always want to know exactly how large the supplements are before I buy them sight unseen. So I put photos of a typical 500 mg acetaminophen tablet on one side (the white tablet) and an ordinary 325 full sized round aspirin on the other side. The Jarrow 200 mg dark gel capsule is in the middle with a ruler in the background. And the other thing I like to see is the label on the back side of the bottle. They never show it and they never show the size of the pills or capsules in the advertising. They will show anything and talk about everything except this. So this is my main contribution. See the photos below. I've been taking Co-Enzyme Q10 for decades, possibly for well over 25 years. First I'll say this is a very good supplement and I will always continue to take it only in the form of Jarrow Formulas QH-Absorb, 200 mg Softgels. But do not be lulled into thinking it will cure everything about your heart, especially as you get older. In recent years, I started taking the QH version. It's difficult to ever know if the long term benefits are working for you or not. But better safe than sorry is my motto. A few days before Thanksgiving 2016, I had sudden serious pain right in the middle of my chest â€" happened on three different days before the last one got my attention enough to go to the emergency room. The cardiologists thought it was a heart attack as well, but the enzymes in the blood tests said it wasn't a heart attack. My personal cardiologist arrived at the hospital and decided to do a cardiac catheterization where dye is injected into the heart's arteries to check for blockages or narrowing of my arteries. He was astonished to see my arteries were, in his words, remarkably clear. I said you mean for my age? No, he replied â€" for any age. No plaque at all. Thanksgiving morning, the pain struck very bad, but the pain migrated downward toward my liver and I immediately knew what it was â€" gallstones stuck in the duct. The pain can feel like it's in your chest, but it's not. I had my gallbladder removed a month later and it was full of stones and sludge and two polyps â€" fortunately benign. I grew up on a cattle ranch. I have no idea how many calves I've eaten, but a lot in my 73 years. I took Lipitor for years, until I learned of its shady past â€" research built upon manipulated data, mainly omissions on purpose. I stopped taking it immediately and strangely, my cholesterol slowly improved. It's the size of LDL that matters. The small balls of LDL are the dangerous ones. The big LDL just bounces off. Small LDL sticks in cracks and crevices or injuries and just keeps sticking more and more. Doctors never test for LDL size. You can get a CRP test, C-Reactive Protein as a potential indication. My CRP has always been below 1.0. Most all my life, my cholesterol and triglycerides were terribly high. Now my total cholesterol is very near the low end of normal including triglycerides. And my diet is still awful â€" the complete opposite of what you'd expect from my blood tests. But what I did do starting about age 50 was to take Vitamin B12, B6 and Folic Acid (B9) in the right combination to prevent plaque from forming. You can search for the recommended balance of these three nutrients online. Just type those three vitamins followed by the word plaque. I've been taking those vitamins for 23 years. And now that I know my arteries are clean, I hope these Jarrow Formulas QH-Absorb, 200 mg Softgels will help keep my heart and my brain going at least a couple more decades. Clean arteries in the heart and carotid arteries usually mean your brain has clean arteries, too. I just had a 3 Tesla MRI of my brain and it all looks good â€" no hint of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Always insist upon a 3 Tesla strength MRI machine â€" not the 1.5 T versions or worse yet, some old open MRIs that are 0.9 Tesla or worse. Not all MRI machines are even close to being the same

I'm 47 and work in the health care field and have been taking 4 simultaneous bp medicines for resistant hypertension for over 15 years. A little over a year ago, I developed tinnitus which I presumed to be a side effect of one or more of the medicines I was taking, and have been through an extensive workup to find out whether I have secondary hypertension and/or whether my drug regimen could be simplified. While researching tinnitus treatment, I came across an article that linked treating tinnitus in those with low CoQ10 levels with possible causes of low CoQ10 including medications like beta blockers and statins, as well as aging and other causes. I've been on beta blockers for over 15 years. A couple weeks after starting Ubiquinol, I noticed my blood pressure was so much better (even with nighttime blood pressure spikes) that I was able to discontinue my calcium channel blocker. I also noticed that I was able to do my daily swimming workouts for significantly longer distances without muscle aches (currently, swimming 1 mile nonstop). A month later, I was able (or rather needed to) stop my beta blocker also because my pulse dropped into the high 40's/min and my bp fell to the 90/60 range. Please note that 6 months ago, I found that eating watermelon (contains a high concentration of the amino acid L-citrulline which, when metabolized, produces nitric oxide) also helped my bp and I have been eating that every day since. However, I had a profound bp drop when adding Ubiquinol. I do highly recommend discussing with your health care professional if you consider taking CoQ10/Ubiquinol and only decrease or stop taking your meds under his or her direction. In addition he/she may wish to check your CoQ10 blood level before starting the supplement

I like the quality of this product and the size of the caps. The problem, as others have noted, is that during the warmer months, the soft gel caps can fuse together into one mass inside the jar. I received my package directly on delivery and it was still fused, so the fusion took place in transit. Note that I read that ubiquinol is not ruined by the relatively low amount of heat that is encountered in a transit situation, so try this: Cut open the bottle and remove the clumped mass of pills. Place into the freezer for about 10-12 min [long enough to freeze the outside of the cap, but not the inside which does not need to be frozen for this to work]. Take the cooled down mass and roll it around in your hand gently popping off the pills into a bowl as they separate. Repeat until the last pill is free [you only need to place smaller bits back in freezer for about 3-5 mins just to get the outside of the cap cold and hardened]. I know this sounds ridiculous, but it worked for me and took very little time while doing other things in the kitchen. You might also manage this without cutting the jar open by just using your finger to separate the caps depending on the level of fusion. [To avoid some of the more severe and possibly irreversible fusion, make sure you order in a way that the package won't be sitting out in your mailbox or outside your door during the summer months]. Good luck

As a healthcare professional , I can and will recommend this 100% to my patients ... I am probably younger than most who are reviewing this product but I noticed VERY strong effects w the first dose , energizing yet stabilizing. As a person using this to help balance out an inflammatory diet , I would say that it subjectively feels much better and healthier than cortisol, the cognitive, cardiovascular, coordination, and aerobic capacity benefits are all seemingly too good to be true ! ... Jarrow delivers yet again . I wish every human being had access to this "nutraceutical

Just turned the big 5-0 and i'm in good shape (healthwise) but lately I've been feeling tired and listless. Sometimes to the point of total slothfulness. I was just going to attribute it to getting old. I've known about Co-Q-10 for some time now. But I'd stop taking it as it as not absorbable and expensive. When I saw this product I figured, why not? Mistakenly took a pill at 7pm and eyes popped open at 4am FULL OF ENERGY. Wow. Took another this morning at 8am and within 30 min or so BAM again. Placebo effect? Don't know, but whatever it is I like it

If you're over 40 and taking coQ10 you're wasting your money. Your body won't covert it to the active form that it needs. Ubiquinol is that active version of coQ10 and it's what you need. This is especially true if you take a statin drug for high cholesterol. Statins wipe out the ubiquinol in your blood. One or two of these a day will raise it back to a pre-40 level. Ubiquinol is also great for anyone who is suffering from bad gums. Make sure you check the ubiquitous 15% discount, it's almost always available

I had to write a review of this with five stars to counter a highly rated 2 star review from RWM with over 600 helpful votes. "I rated Jarrow Formulas QH-Absorb two stars because it contains soy, GMOs, and ascorbyl palmitate." Drives me nuts reading supposedly expert reviews that contain a lot of information that has nothing to do with the product. True enough, if you want a supplement that doesn't have soy, is specifically non-GMO and doesn't contain ascorbyl palmitate, there are plenty out there that don't contain these ingredients so you can look for those. The fact that these are clearly listed doesn't make the product worse or merit a lower rating, however. I'm allergic to soy and this product contains soy lecithin. My doctor has told me that it's not a major deal for me to avoid soy based lecithin because so much of the soy protein is removed during processing that there's almost none left to trigger my allergy. Soy based lecithin is in almost everything, from cooking sprays to make up to all kinds of foods, so it's pretty difficult to avoid it in the first place. I should point out also that soy based lecithin is a popular supplement for a lot of different reasons and if this were sold in a store you'd likely find a lecithin supplement with the exact same ingredient not far from this bottle. It doesn't bother me at all that this is in this product, but it would be nice if they listed how much. You have to decide for yourself if non GMO is important to you. If you've decided to eliminate genetically modified organisms (the GMO part of non GMO) from your diet, I applaud you. But quite frankly I couldn't care less if this supplement comes from genetic modifications and there's data that swings both ways on whether or not non GMO is important. Quite frankly I'd rather know that this was certified organic rather than non GMO because there's tons of non GMO foods with pesticides, hexane and other pollutants because they aren't certified organic. Finally ascorbyl palmitate; another healthy supplement that would be nice if they would list how much is in this bottle. Ascorbyl palmitate is the fat soluble version of Vitamin C, very often seen as a Vitamin C Ester supplement. Why anyone would down rate a product for containing vitamin C I don't know, but ok. You're probably used to seeing vitamin C listed as ascorbic acid, which is the water soluble version. Ascorbic acid can be passed quickly out of the system through urination without being fully absorbed. Ascorbyl palmitate is generally considered better because it is absorbed at the cellular level and then converted to ascorbic acid. The ester is more expensive than the acid and generally harder to find but its still out there. So don't believe the supposed expertise level of reviewers, and quite frankly don't believe me either. Take five minutes to Google soy based lecithin, non GMO versus organic, and ascorbyl palmitate before you take it for granted that these ingredients are bad. I think you'll be surprised at what you find. My only issue with this particular product is that it would be nice to know how much of each ingredient is included