Migraines are very painful headaches, sometimes accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and changes in vision, and can become worse with exposure to light. This article is taken from the Telegraph and explains how a study has found that vitamins significantly reduce symptoms of this severe form of headache.
They "significantly" reduced the frequency and severity of attacks in a clinical trial involving 50 migraine sufferers.
The findings showed "a drastic improvement in headache frequency, pain severity and associated disability for those treated," she said.
Approximately nine million people in the UK suffer from migraines, which is by far the most common neurological condition. About 80 per cent of those - some 7.2 million - have an attack at least once a month.
"The recent trial was founded on the theory that vitamin B supplements and folic acid will reduce the homocysteine and in turn, improve migraine symptoms," Prof Griffiths said.
The success of the trial proved that "safe, inexpensive" supplements - rather than expensive medication that can have adverse side effects - could treat migraine patients, she said.