| Conventional medication treatments for migraine are | | | | migraineur (migraine sufferer) will have identified |
| often expensive, have nasty side effects and | | | | certain foods which seem to bring on an attack. |
| frequently are ineffective. This may mean you will | | | | Explaining to your boss that you are a migraineur will |
| have to seek alternative remedies for your migraine - | | | | also help as you will need more breaks. Time lost |
| very often these are more effective in allowing you | | | | here will be nothing to the time you have to take off |
| to resume your normal daily activity. | | | | if you actually get an attack. Look at your posture |
| No one knows for certain what causes migraine. The | | | | and your seating arrangements at the computer as |
| best treatment for migraine is to prevent it. The aim | | | | tightening neck muscles and slouching can bring on an |
| of a preventive treatment for migraine is to prevent | | | | attack. |
| or reduce the frequency of new migraine attacks | | | | The herb feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) has |
| from occurring. Headaches manifest themselves in a | | | | been used for centuries as a folk remedy for |
| variety of ways depending on a person's stress level, | | | | headache, migraine, arthritis, pain, and fever in Europe. |
| physiology, diet and even immune responses. | | | | Natural remedies for migraine treatment generally can |
| The conventional treatment for migraine is painkillers, | | | | be grouped into two distinct areas of opportunity, |
| the best known ones which are Sumatripan or | | | | these being manual therapies such as hypnosis, |
| Imitrex. Drug treatment for migraine is classified as | | | | meditation , acupuncture , shiatsu or herbal remedies |
| abortive (aimed at relieving acute attacks) and | | | | using herbs with specific nutrients to treat migraine. |
| prophylactic (aimed at preventing episodic migraine | | | | Magnesium, a mineral found in soybeans, whole |
| from becoming recurrent and preventing recurrences | | | | grains, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fish, is one of the |
| in patients with chronic migraine). Treatment for | | | | most promising nutrients in headache research. |
| migraine differs greatly, it has been found, depending | | | | American researchers suggest that a combination of |
| on whether the prescribing physician is a general | | | | magnesium taurate and fish oil may help prevent |
| practitioner or a neurologist. | | | | migraine headaches, based on the ability of both to |
| Some palliative measures have been found to be | | | | reduce blood vessel spasms. Butterbur root extract |
| helpful when sufferers are undergoing an attack. A | | | | and Vitamin B2 have also shown promising results. |
| quiet dark room, sleep and ice on the forehead are | | | | Migraineurs are unhappy taking conventional |
| beneficial. Migraineurs (migraine sufferers) seem to | | | | medications for a long period because of the side |
| spend their lives looking for ways of prevention and | | | | effects. Some seek a complete change and a herbal |
| very often diet is carefully scrutinised. | | | | remedy could well be the solution. |
| Diet will come under a lot of scrutiny and every | | | | |