Well, one of the top headache clinics in this country, and the neurologists there use magnesium for many headache patients.
One thing that concerns me here, Bruegger, is that you have
TWO diagnoses for headache. Cluster which is an extreme, type and seasonal and migraine? So you should be seeing an expert for proper treatment. I would make sure you are being diagnosed properly. The basic treatment for cluster today is high dose melatonin with medical supervision along with other agents. This link lists the possible treatments for this extreme disorder:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
A patient with cluster cannot treat themselves. This disorder is still being researched and the interventions for it require medical intervention.
"Magnesium migraine" search on PubMed examples:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
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Clin J Pain. 2009 Jun;25(5):446-52.Click here to read Links
Foods and supplements in the management of migraine headaches.
Sun-Edelstein C, Mauskop A.
The New York Headache Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. drsun@nyheadache.com
OBJECTIVE: Although a wide range of acute and preventative medications are now available for the treatment of migraine headaches, many patients will not have a significant improvement in the frequency and severity of their headaches unless lifestyle modifications are made. Also, given the myriad side effects of traditional prescription medications, there is an increasing demand for "natural" treatment like vitamins and supplements for common ailments such as headaches. Here, we discuss the role of food triggers in the management of migraines, and review the evidence for supplements in migraine treatment. METHODS: A review of the English language literature on preclinical and clinical studies of any type on food triggers, vitamins, supplements, and migraine headaches was conducted. RESULTS: A detailed nutritional history is helpful in identifying food triggers. Although the data surrounding the role of certain foods and substances in triggering headaches is controversial, certain subsets of patients may be sensitive to phenylethylamine, tyramine, aspartame, monosodium glutamate, nitrates, nitrites, alcohol, and caffeine. The available evidence for the efficacy of certain vitamins and supplements in preventing migraines supports the use of these agents in the migraine treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of food triggers, with the help of food diaries, is an inexpensive way to reduce migraine headaches. We also recommend the use of the following supplements in the preventative treatment of migraines, in decreasing order of preference: magnesium, Petasites hybridus, feverfew, coenzyme Q10, riboflavin, and alpha lipoic acid.
PMID: 19454881 [PubMed - in process]
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
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Expert Rev Neurother. 2009 Mar;9(3):369-79.Click here to read Links
Role of magnesium in the pathogenesis and treatment of migraine.
Sun-Edelstein C, Mauskop A.
The New York Headache Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. drsun@nyheadache.com
Magnesium is an important intracellular element that is involved in numerous cellular functions. Deficiencies in magnesium may play an important role in the pathogenesis of migraine headaches by promoting cortical spreading depression, alteration of neurotransmitter release and the hyperaggregation of platelets. Given this multifaceted role of magnesium in migraine, the use of magnesium in both acute and preventive headache treatment has been researched as a potentially simple, inexpensive, safe and well-tolerated option. Studies have shown that preventive treatment with oral magnesium and acute headache treatment with intravenous magnesium may be effective, particularly in certain subsets of patients. In this review, the pathogenesis of migraine will be discussed, with an emphasis on the role of magnesium. Studies on the use of intravenous and oral magnesium in migraine treatment will be discussed and recommendations will be made regarding the use of magnesium in treating migraine headaches.
PMID: 19271946 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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The two conferences I attended in the past 2 years on the treatment of chronic head pain and other chronic pain disorders which had the leading researchers in the field, continually state that MOH medication overuse headache is caused by misuse of pain meds for headache. For headache patients they do not recommend more than twice a week use of ANY pain controlling drug...including Tylenol and aspirin. Pain relieving drugs increase the pain loop in the brain and a tolerance to them is quickly induced and MORE pain more frequently results.
And a concern with Nattokinsase is that it is predominately a BLOOD THINNER. You already take
Lexapro, which is an SSRI and all SSRI's thin the blood. You cannot take drugs that thin the
blood while using the Lexapro without blood tests to see what is happening with you in this regard.
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