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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Mar. ~ 2005 May: Health Center (ARCHIVES): Migraines users admin

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Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's another Ivanhoe article.

http://www.ivanhoe.com
Reported May 25, 2005


Healing Migraines ... Naturally



NEW YORK (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- For hundreds of years, a common herb has been used in folk medicine to prevent migraines. Now, a new study has discovered the herbal treatment really works -- and it could be just what millions of migraine sufferers have been waiting for.

Lisa Jacobson has tried a lapful of prescription medicines for migraines. Thirty-eight years of suffering, and nothing has worked. She says, "You start to feel a fuzzy feeling in one temple on one side, and it turns into a throbbing feeling on one side of your head very strong."

Now she has a new option … one that can be found at most pharmacies and health food stores. The herbal extract sold as Petadolex is made from the root of the butterbur plant.

Neurologist Richard Lipton, M.D., from Montefiore Medical Center in New York, says, "The butterbur plant is widely found in Europe and has been used as a folk remedy for migraines and other conditions for hundreds of years."

Dr. Lipton led an international team of researchers to see if the herb reduces migraines. The study found patients who took the herb twice a day had nearly half the amount of migraines. "This agent may work through an anti-inflammatory mechanism, preventing pain by keeping the blood vessels in the head from becoming inflamed," Dr. Lipton tells Ivanhoe.

Butterbur’s side effects were mild -- so mild it’s even safe for kids. Good news for Jacobson because her daughter also has migraines. "I would love to see her take something so easily like an herb."

Mother and daughter are ready to give it a try. They hope it's the "non-prescription" relief they’ve been looking for.

The downside of herbal products is that the government does not regulate them. Dr. Lipton’s study is published in the December 2004 issue of the journal Neurology.

If you would like more information, please contact:

Toni Guglielmo
Montefiore Medical Center
The Headache Unit
3326 Rochambeau Ave.
Bronx, NY 10467
(718) 430-3896

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, May 27, 2005 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HP, where were you and all this great info a few years ago when I would have swallowed anything that promised relief?