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Prophylaxis of migraine with oral magnesium: results from a prospective, multi-center, placebo-controlled and double-blind randomized study. Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Munich-Harlaching Clinic, Germany. In order to evaluate the prophylactic effect of oral magnesium, 81 patients aged 18-65 years with migraine according to the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria (mean attack frequency 3.6 per […]

Migraine prevention in children and adolescents: results of an open study with a special butterbur root extract. Pothmann R, Danesch U. Klinikum Heidberg, Zentrum fur Kinderschmerztherapie, Hamburg, Germany. 29 children, 6 to 9 years old, and 79 adolescents, 10 to 17 years old with severe migraine were treated with butterbur for four months in a […]

The first placebo-controlled trial of a special butterbur root extract for the prevention of migraine: reanalysis of efficacy criteria. Diener HC, Rahlfs VW, Danesch U. Department of Neurology, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, DE-45122 Essen, Germany. In this first randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled monocenter trial 60 migraineurs between 18 and 60 years of age were […]

Petasites hybridus root (butterbur) is an effective preventive treatment for migraine. Lipton RB, Gobel H, Einhaupl KM, Wilks K, Mauskop A. Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of a standardized special root extract from the plant Petasites hybridus as a preventive therapy for migraine. METHODS: This is […]

January 5, 2005 By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An extract of the root of a plant called butterbur (Petasites hybridus) significantly reduces the frequency of migraine headaches, new research findings suggest. “I’ve long held the view that the distinction shouldn’t be between complementary medicine and pharmaceuticals, but between treatments that have scientific […]