How it went
Did it last?
- No one said the benefit wore off.
- No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 0 | 0% |
| Near-full | 0 | 0% |
| Substantial | 1 | 25% |
| Partial | 1 | 25% |
| Relapsed | 0 | 0% |
| No benefit | 2 | 50% |
Only 4 accounts. Treat these percentages as anecdotes, not rates.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 4 | 0% |
0 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention MitoQ / mitoquinol, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 682 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1,491 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,708 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2,352 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | 29 | 2,158 | 13.4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 1,431 | 4.2 |
| 2017 | 13 | 3,110 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,201 | 3.6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1,075 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,581 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1,867 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1,166 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1,000 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1,237 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1,019 | 0.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 840 | 0.0 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 4 accounts
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Did MitoQ Mend Us? A Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) CoQ10 Trial
MitoQ at 10mg per day was, in this ME/CFS patient's words, "extremely helpful" and, she said, the first drug to keep her from crashing. Illness duration before the trial is not stated. She enrolled in a non-placebo-controlled arm of a formal MitoQ trial but…
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Did MitoQ Mend Us? A Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) CoQ10 Trial
MitoQ caused severe insomnia in this ME/CFS patient (diagnosed at OMI) after a single 10mg dose, and moderate-to-severe insomnia again when a lower 5mg dose was tried separately. No fatigue or functional benefit is reported from either trial. The person…
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Significant improvement on MitoQ
MitoQ, taken as 5mg twice daily for 6 days, sharply cut this person's fatigue within hours of the first dose. Illness duration before starting is not stated. Fatigue levels dropped and post-exertional malaise decreased over the 6-day trial, with skin quality…
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Anybody taking MitoQ?
MitoQ was taken orally for about 4 to 5 months, with no dose specified in the post. Illness duration before treatment is not stated. The person reports it simply "didn't seem to help" and was expensive, so they discontinued it. They switched back to regular…