DYSLIPIDEMIA

COENZYME Q 10

1. Compared to placebo, daily doses of coenzyme Q(10) (200 mg for 12 weeks) improved endothelial function in patients with type II diabetes.

Diabetologia. 2002 Mar;45(3):420-6. 
Coenzyme Q(10) improves endothelial dysfunction of the brachial artery in Type II diabetes mellitus.
Watts GF, Playford DA, Croft KD, Ward NC, Mori TA, Burke V.

VITAMIN B3/NIACIN
(1 gram = 1000 milligrams)

2. Doses of nicotinic acid (1.5 grams 3 times/day for 8 weeks) reduced total cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol and increased HDL cholesterol in diabetic patients with dyslipidemia. It did, however affect glycemic control and should be used cautiously in non-insulin dependent diabetics.

JAMA. 1990 Aug 8;264(6):723-6. 
Comment in:
    JAMA. 1990 Dec 19;264(23):2994-6.
Nicotinic acid as therapy for dyslipidemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Garg A, Grundy SM.
PMID: 2374275 ]