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How Much CoQ10 Should Be Taken for a Migraine?

If you've been taking traditional medications to obtain relief from frequent migraine attacks, you may worry about the effects of these medications on your overall health, particularly your heart. Recent research has shown a possible link between CoQ10, a nutritional enzyme and the reduction of migraine headache. CoQ10 may help correct a particular cellular dysfunction if it is taken daily.

  1. Nutritional Supplement

    • CoQ10 is also called coenzyme Q10. This nutritional supplement, when taken in specified doses, helps heart health and can also stop migraine headache pain. Instead of taking medications that can cause damage to your heart and gastrointestinal system, you should ask your doctor about the possibility of taking a daily dose of CoQ10 to help prevent migraine attacks.

      Depending on how many migraine headaches you get each month, you could potentially reduce your rate of attacks by more than 50 percent. Discuss your potential dose of CoQ10 with your doctor--some people respond more strongly to this supplement than others, which can result in insomnia or not enough REM sleep.

      Migraine patients suffer from a dysfunction in their mitochondria, which causes a deficiency in the metabolism of their brain energy, according to Dr. Todd Rozen, the director of Headache Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Rozen theorizes that CoQ10 can be taken daily to prevent the onset of migraine headaches. This is something new you can consider taking to your doctor especially if you are concerned about the effects that traditional migraine medications can have on your heart. Because CoQ10 is a naturally occurring supplement, you don't have to worry about potential damage to your heart if you are able to make the switch to CoQ10.

    Migraine Preventative

    • Migraine headaches may be caused by a deficit in your mitochondrial cells' ability to generate energy. If you take a small (100mg to 150mg) dose of CoQ10 daily, you could begin to stimulate higher energy production, thus decreasing the frequency of your migraine attacks.

      Some people are more sensitive to the effects of CoQ10, so they need to work more closely with their doctors to arrive at the most optimal dosage to reduce their migraine attacks.

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