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• Vitamin C, in case of complex III deficiency, where vitamin C
can directly donate electrons to cytochrome c.
• Creatine, to increase phosphocreatine thus enhancing muscle
strength.
II. Statins inhibit the body synthesis of mevalonate, which is a
precursor of both, cholesterol (hence their cholesterol lowering
effect) and ubiquinone (thus causing rhabdomyolysis i.e.
myotoxicity as a major side effect).
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