Supplements & Foods That Ease Migraine
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Key Questions
- Why should people with migraine disease take dietary supplements?
- Why is a healthy diet still necessary if we are taking supplements?
- What should we look for when shopping for supplements?
- Which supplements may pose risks or be harmful, and which ones offer benefits?
- Which vitamins are helpful for managing migraine?
- What are combination supplements and why should we consider them?
- Why don’t more doctors talk about supplements for migraine disease?
- What does the research indicate about the efficacy of various diets for managing migraine?
- Are restriction diets a good idea for treating migraine?
- How does improved sleep help with our diet?
- What are the best foods for someone with migraine?
Interview Notes
- Robert Bonakdar, MD
- American Nutrition Association
- Complementary & Integrative Medicine Special Interest Section
- U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
- NSF (The Public Health and Safety Organization)
- Longvida supplement
- Migraine Nutrition and Supplementation Guide
- Scripps Article: “Integrative Approaches to Headache Management”
- Book: The H.E.R.B.A.L. Guide: Dietary Supplement Resources for the Clinician
- Case Report: “Case Report: Initial Successful Treatment of Migraine and Irritable Bowel Syndrome With a Low-FODMAP Diet”
- Study: “The association between dietary fiber intake and severe headaches or migraine in US adults”
- Study: “Effect of vitamin D therapy in addition to amitriptyline on migraine attacks in pediatric patients”
- Study: “Coenzyme Q10 deficiency and response to supplementation in pediatric and adolescent migraine”
- Study: “A double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical trial with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (OPFA ɷ-3) for the prevention of migraine in chronic migraine patients using amitriptyline”
- Study on butterbur: “Petasites for migraine prevention: New data on mode of action, pharmacology and safety. A narrative review”
- Study on dietary omega-3: “Dietary alteration of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids for headache reduction in adults with migraine: randomized controlled trial”
- Study: “Comparison between the efficacy of ginger and sumatriptan in the ablative treatment of the common migraine”
Treatments Mentioned
- Amitriptyline
- Antioxidants
- Boswellia
- Butterbur (Petadolex)
- Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
- Curcumin (Longvida)
- Diamine oxidase
- Feverfew
- Fiber
- Ginger
- Ginkgo
- Gluten-free diet
- HeadacheFree Complete Multivitamin
- Iron
- Ketorolac (Toradol)
- Magnesium
- Melatonin
- Migra-Well
- Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil)
- Probiotics
- Riboflavin (vitamin B2)
- Thiamin
- Triptans
- Vitamin D
- Zinc
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Robert Bonakdar, MD
Pain and Headache Specialist
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
Dr. Robert Bonakdar received his M.D. from the University of Nevada School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He received the Richter Fellowship for Independent International Research in the field of Southeast Asian health practices and studied in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, and Indonesia. He completed a clinical and research fellowship in integrative medicine at Scripps Clinic and has been the director of pain management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, Calif., since 2002.
In addition to family medicine, Dr. Bonakdar is certified in integrative medicine and headache medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). He is a Fellow of the American Nutrition Association, and a member of the American Headache Society’s Complementary and Integrative Medicine Special Interest Section, where he has helped create patient education guides. He is active in nutrition research and novel approaches to migraine.
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