Migraine Story of an Instagram User Who Tried MigreLief for 3 Weeks

A young lady discovered MigreLief on the mobile phone app Instagram, “liked” & said “Just purchased this stuff, lets see if it works!” 3 weeks later she posted, “This stuff seriously changed my life!” …and then told her story.

This young lady who still gets migraines after taking MigreLief for less than 4 weeks, is thrilled with her results. She still gets migraines but they are now “tolerable” and she can “work through them.” she happily explained.

I can’t imagine what she experienced before starting MigreLief. What she doesn’t know, is that the “Triple Therapy” ingredients in MigreLief will continue to work during the recommended “90 day build up period” whereby blood levels build for maximum effectiveness. She should continue to improve her quality of life. We can’t wait to get an update from her in a month or so.

We hope to reach more young migraine sufferers in a world of pain, with their nutritional alternative to what this young lady describes her migraine headache relief story in the post below.

Instagram to MigreLief:

Initial post: “I just purchased this a couple of weeks ago…let’s see if it works.”

Follow up post less than 4 weeks later:

“I still get migraines, but I can hardly call them migraines anymore since I’ve started taking MigreLief.” I can still tell they are migraines because of the location (behind the eye, one side of the head, little nausea) and because they still come as a reaction to one of my triggers. But I have a way higher threshold to my triggers now!

I was unable to work at one point because my migraines were so severe and frequent. Now they’re so mild that 80% of the time Tylenol takes care of it! The other 20% I may need to add an ice pack and it takes longer to go away, but I can work through them now!

Before starting this stuff, I would have to go to the ER because they were so severe, or had to take steroids to stop a cluster of migraines that would last up to two weeks straight! This seriously changed my life. My family can hardly believe it.

My main trigger is soy, and last week I found out a meal I had at a restaurant had soy in it. Naturally I had a migraine the next day but it went away within an hour with Tylenol and an ice pack. Normally I would be out of commission for 3 days and take a trip to the hospital. It’s expensive, but for me, so worth it!”

We hope to have a follow-up to her progress.

If you know of a migraine sufferer, recommend MigreLief and you will change a life!

MigreLief Online Prices:
Original Formula & Children’s Formula (age 2-12)
19.99 1 bottle – 1 month supply
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MigreLief+M (Menstrual Migraine Formula)
25.99 1 bottle – 1 month supply
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Note: MigreLief’s ingredients work by addressing the underlying nutritional deficiencies & imbalances common to many migraine sufferers and helps to maintain normal cerebrovascular function (proper blood flow -arteries in the brain.) Ingredients: 2 forms of MAGNESIUM, high dose Riboflavin (B-2) and Puracol FEVERFEW (a proprietary form of the herb/whole leaf & extract)

JUNE is Migraine Awareness Month – Pediatric Migraine Facts

JUNE is Migraine Awareness Month…Children Get Recurring Migraines Too! Pediatric Migraine Facts

Many people don’t know that children also get migraines. Every day millions of parents watch helplessly as their children suffer from debilitating migraine attacks.

Migraines in children often go undiagnosed because unlike adults, children can not easily communicate to their parents or physicians just what type of symptoms they’re experiencing.

Many times they’re too young to articulate what they’re feeling so migraines go untreated for a long time. In many cases crying, lack of focus and symptoms of depression are attributed to things other than the actual problem.

Fortunately children who suffer chronic migraines are great candidates for prevention.

CHILDREN’S MIGRAINE SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED…

Migraines interfere with all aspects of a child’s life, cause permanent changes in the brain, and can lead to increased risk of depression. Because it can be difficult for children to convince their parents or teachers that they are really sick, their attendance in school and academic achievement may suffer making it difficult to catch up and adding more undue stress to their lives.

PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE FACTS:

– A migraine is a type of severe, incapacitating headache that can strike suddenly and often with accompanying symptoms of nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting. They are often recurrent.

– About one out of every 10 kids, or nearly 8 million children in the United States alone are plagued by what has become the most common acute and recurrent headache pattern experienced by children today.

– Migraines may occur with or without aura and last in children from 30 minutes to 48 hours. (Migraine aura is the collective name given to the many types of neurological symptoms that may occur just before or during a migraine such as visual, sensory, motor or verbal disturbance.)

– Common precursors and symptoms of child migraine; cyclical vomiting, abdominal migraine pain, vertigo, and sensitivity to light.

-Approximately 20% of children with migraines have their first attack before the age of 5.

-Approximately 20% of adult migraine sufferers report onset before age 10.

-Migraines are more common in boys than girls until girls begin menstruation

– Migraine in children can differ from migraine in adults. Non-headache and neurological symptoms (aura) may be more prominent than the headache.

– Child Migraine is often underdiagnosed by doctors, possibly due to the prominence of non-headache symptoms

Do your kids suffer from migraine?

The Four Stages of Migraine Headaches

Migraines often progress through four stages. Your child may or may not have all four stages. And the stages may not be the same every time a migraine occurs.

Prodrome: In this early stage, your child may feel tired, uneasy, or moody. It may be hours or days before the headache pain begins.
Aura: Up to an hour before a migraine, your child may experience an aura (odd smells, sights, or sounds). This may include flashing lights, blind spots, other vision problems, confusion, or trouble speaking.
Headache: Your child has pain in one or both sides of the head. Your child may feel nauseated and have a strong sensitivity to light, sound, and odors. Vomiting and/or diarrhea may also occur. This stage can last anywhere from 48-72 hours.
Postdrome or recovery: For about a day after the headache ends, your child may feel tired, achy, and exhausted.

What Causes Migraine Headaches?

It is not clear why migraines occur. If a family member has migraines, your child may be more likely to have them. Many people find that their migraines are set off by a “trigger.” Common migraine triggers include:

Chemicals in certain foods and drinks, such as aged cheeses, luncheon meats, chocolate, coffee, sodas, foods containing MSG. etc.
Chemicals in the air, such as tobacco smoke, perfume, glue, paint, or cleaning products
Dehydration
Not enough sleep
Hormonal changes in the body during puberty
Environmental factors, such as bright or flashing lights, hot sun, weather or air pressure changes

What Are the Symptoms of Migraine Headaches?

Your child may have some or all of the following symptoms:

Pain, often severe, occurring in a specific area of the head (such as behind one eye)
Aura (odd smells, sights, or sounds)
Nausea and/or vomiting, or diarrhea
Sensitivity to light or sound

How Are Migraine Headaches Prevented and Treated?

The goal is to try to stop a migraine headache in its early stages.

Work with your child to learn his or her triggers. Then, you can talk about ways to avoid these triggers when possible.
Have a nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as ibuprofen, available to your child at all times. This includes during school and after-school activities. If your child feels the prodrome or aura stage of migraine, he or she should take the NSAID right away. (Be sure your child follows the dosage instructions given by the health care provider.)

If your child’s headache pain has already started:

Give the child a dose of an NSAID such as Ibuprofen
Have him or her lie down in a dark, quiet room.
Apply a cold compress over your child’s face and eyes (if your child wishes).
Have your child stay quiet and still until the pain goes away.

Call your child’s health care provider right away if your child has any of the following:

Fever and stiff neck with a headache
In an infant under 3 months old, a rectal temperature of 100.4°F (38.0°C) or higher
In a child 3 to 36 months, a rectal temperature of 102°F (39.0°C) or higher
In a child of any age who has a temperature of 103°F (39.4°C) or higher
A fever that lasts more than 24-hours in a child under 2 years old, or for 3 days in a child 2 years or older
A seizure caused by the fever
Headache pain that does not respond to NSAIDs
Headache pain that seems different or much worse than previous episodes
Headache upon awakening or in the middle of the night
Dizziness, clumsiness, or other changes with a headache
Migraines that happen more than once a week or suddenly increase in frequency

Why you should control your child’s migraines NOW rather than later:

Researchers are discovering “migraines beget migraines” – the more migraines one has, the greater the tendency for future migraines. Evidence shows an increased sensitivity after each successive attack, eventually leading to chronic daily migraines in some individuals. In order to avoid a lifetime of migraines, it is imperative to lower the frequency and intensity of migraines as soon as possible.

Why Children’s MigreLief should by your first choice:

Comprehensive Support for Neurological Health with a Proven Track Record

Formulated to address the problem, not just treat the pain, Migrelief is meant to make a difference, whether your child’s migraines are classic, common, abdominal or complicated (basilar, hemiplegic, etc.)

MigreLief Benefits

-Safe and effective for children over the age of 2

-Two international patents have been granted the unique MigreLief formulation

-Recommended by pediatric neurologists

-NO harmful side-effect

-MigreLief’s Triple Therapy™ Ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, and an herb (Magnesium, Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) and a proprietary form of the herb Feverfew) have been proven effective

-All 3 ingredients are listed in The American Academy of Neurology’s Guidelines for Migraine Prevention.

-Taken daily as a dietary supplement

-Formulated to address the underlying nutritional deficiencies and imbalances that can cause migraines and that many children sufferers have in common.

-Maintains the already normal cerebrovascular (blood vessels in the brain) tone and function your child has on migraine free days

-Used by thousands of children worldwide and hundreds of thousands of adults.

Note: Children’s MigreLief is safe and gentle for children ages 2-11 and Original MigreLief is for kids ages 12+ Either MigreLief may be crushed and taken with applesauce, yogurt etc. for those children who are unable to swallow caplets of any size.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Migraineur Moms – Chronic Migraines & Mother’s Guilt

Often there is a guilt felt among migraine sufferers, especially mothers, who sometimes feel they are letting their family down when needing to cancel family time, plans, or social events due to a migraine attack. It is a way of life for many mothers and not by choice. Remember to be understanding because mom does not have “just another bad headache.” She has one of the top disabling, and debilitating disorders in the world.

Being unavailable to people, especially their children is especially difficult for moms and feelings of guilt or worry may only compound the pain. A little compassion and understanding for migraineur moms will go a long way.

migraines for women

Another great gift for mom, would be life changing MigreLief. Countless moms and other migraine sufferers have regained their quality of life with MigreLief. MigreLief is the top nutritional supplement recommended by healthcare professionals. Formulated to maintain normal cerebrovascular function (keep the blood flowing properly in the brain) MigreLief addresses the underlying nutritional deficiencies and imbalances that many migraine sufferers have in common.

Keep routing for Mom!

Migraines should not be a way of life. Regaining quality time with children, family and friends is something all moms should enjoy.

The MigreLief Team – at Akeso Health Sciences

Important Information for Parents: How to Help Kids Have a Lengthier, Higher Quality of Life

Study Reveals Important Information for Parents: How You Can Help Your Kids have a Lengthier, Higher Quality of Life

A study, as reported by ScienceDaily.com and other health sites, with results that will appear in the May issue of The American Journal of Medicine, has revealed that people who follow a Western-style diet have a reduced chance for reaching older age in good health and with high functionality.

The study was led by Dr. Tasnime Akbaraly, PhD, Inserm, Montpellier, France; his research team sought to identify dietary factors that can promote ideal aging and prevent premature death.

Dr. Akbaraly noted that “avoidance of ‘Western-type foods’ might actually improve the possibility of achieving an older age,” but more importantly,” achieve a lengthier life that is “free of chronic diseases” allowing the individual to remain highly functional.

What does this mean for parents?

With as many as 5% of children and adolescents affected by migraines and research confirming that dietary factors can trigger those migraines, it’s important to take a close look at your child’s diet.

The typical Western diet is filled with pro-inflammatory foods which lead to an overabundance of inflammation in the body, ultimately causing just about every type of chronic illness and disease, including migraines. Arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, depression, dementia and obesity are just a few among the long list of afflictions.

If you aren’t sure how or why inflammation causes devastating effects on the body, picture a car that is left outdoors in the elements for a period of time. That car will eventually begin to rust and disintegrate. Finally, it falls apart completely. Inflammation works in a similar way in the body. While a little, such as what happens after an injury with swelling, is a natural part of the healing process, uncontrolled inflammation that remains for long periods of time can cause serious damage.

Pro-inflammatory foods

Pro-inflammatory foods that contribute to this overabundance of inflammation include many foods that are typically found in the Western diet, such as:

Packaged and processed foods including fast food and packaged desserts or snacks like cookies and cakes
Common cooking oils that contain unhealthy fats such as sunflower, safflower and vegetable oil
Margarine and heavily processed foods that contain Trans Fats
Refined sugar and sugary foods
Fried foods
Many high-fat dairy products (the exception is kefir and some yogurts like plain Greek-style yogurt)
Gluten and refined grains
Feedlot-raised meats, red meat and processed meats

If your child has been eating many of these foods, it would be difficult to force a dramatic change in diet. Instead, consider moderation as a key factor and limit the above items as much as you’re able. Stock your refrigerator with healthy snacks and be sure to follow a healthier diet yourself to set the right example.

By eating more nutritionally rich, high anti-oxidant foods, the symptoms of chronic illness, including migraines, can be greatly reduced as these foods help to neutralize the free radicals that result from too much inflammation. You’ll also be helping to reduce the chances of developing other chronic illnesses and disease.

Encourage as many whole fresh foods as possible. Talk to your child about what he or she likes, and pack a lunch that is based on some of those nutritious foods.

Foods that are especially rich in antioxidants include deeply-pigmented vegetables and fruits. Dark leafy greens such as kale, spinach and arugula as well as beets, blueberries and any richly colored purple, red, orange and yellow fruits and vegetables.

Healthy fats like the omega-3 fatty acids in wild-caught salmon and monounsaturated fats found in most nuts and olive oil are also important as they serve to decrease inflammation in the body and ultimately help to achieve optimal health.

As with adults, making gradual diet changes can lead to a happier, healthier, and much higher quality of life for your child now and in the future. No one would want their child to have to live with the constant pain and debilitation that can come with chronic illness and disease. If it can be prevented, doesn’t it make sense to do so sooner rather than later?
To the Best of Health,

Curt Hendrix, M.S., C.C.M., C.N.S.

50% of Migraine Sufferers Suffer in Silence

Dr. Nancy Waltman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center stated, “We have found that a lot of women remain silent and don’t get treated for their migraines. The best treatment is a combination of dietary changes, adjustments in sleep and exercise, avoiding triggers, and preventative medications.”

Over 50% of women with chronic migraines deal with their migraines by isolating themselves, consistently using over-the-counter medications, and waiting sometimes for days for their migraines to finally go away. Furthermore, 50% of all migraine sufferers never see a doctor and 50% of those that do, never follow up with a second appointment.

In a small open-label study (meaning there was no control group taking a placebo medication to compare results with), women who followed the suggestions below reduced the frequency of their migraines by 76%.

1- Identified and avoided their triggers

2- Managed their stress more efficiently

3- Avoided alcohol and caffeine

4- Exercised moderately and regularly

5- Used preventive medications

Suffering in silence may be something to which you can relate. To get your life back on track, consider the 5 suggestions above.

Lastly, never underestimate the power of nutrition!

Consider trying The MigreLief Nutritional Regimen for Migraine Sufferers consisting of 2 action steps.

Action step 1:
Choose a MigreLief daily formula (Original MigreLief for teens and adults, Children’s MigreLief age 2-12, or MigreLief+M for women with menstrual/hormonal migraines and take daily to maintain the normal cerebrovascular tone and function you have on migraine free days. Note: These daily maintenance formulas have a build up period and will grow in effectiveness over 3 months to reach maximum benefits. There is a 90-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied for any reason after 90 days and if you purchased MigreLief at MigreLief.com

Action Step 2:
Take the rescue formula, MigreLief-NOW as needed for fast-acting cerebrovascular comfort. Recommend usage is to take 2-4 capsules at the first sign of discomfort and repeat in 2 hours if necessary. See the bottle label for children’s dosages.

MigreLief formulas have been recommended by neurologists and headache specialists for over 20 years to provide comprehensive nutritional support to migraine sufferers.

Life as a Child with Migraines -Founder of National Migraine Association Shares His Story

Often migraines in children are dismissed by parents, teachers family members and friends who don’t understand the overall effect they have on a child.

Below is an excerpt from an interview with The National Migraine Association (M.A.G.N.U.M) Founder and Executive Director Michael John Coleman discussing his childhood experiences with migraine disease. He grew up with debilitating migraines and has dedicated his life to bringing public awareness to the fact that MIGRAINE is a true biologic neurological disease. His non-profit organization was formed in 1995 to educate and assist migraine sufferers, their families, and coworkers worldwide. His story below will give you an idea of what a child with migraines experiences.

Dancing With Migraine Disease As A Youth

By Michael John Coleman

I still remember clearly the first time a Migraine disrupted my life, I was just six years old and in the first grade. I looked sick enough that the teacher asked me to put my head down on my desk. I still recall looking through the tall classroom windows, with the blinds drawn all the way up and dark battleship-gray fluffy-bellied clouds looming as part of an approaching autumn thunderstorm. Unbeknown to me at the time was that atmospheric pressure changes, induced by weather fronts, was a major Migraine trigger, a fact I will learn later in life. I marveled as the clouds seamed to hover over one side of the playground, and the bright and painful afternoon sunlight on the opposite side of a baseball field, a chiaroscuro effect.

To this day, dramatic skies play a dominant roll in the landscapes I produce as an artist. The pain of my Migraines throughout my life has been like being tortured by invisible terrorists. An acute severe Migraine is difficult to explain to a non-suffer. Put it this way; after enduring the so-called ‘headaches,’ you don’t fear other things, such as dentists and bullies. But you do fear having to explain to your childhood friends why you don’t want to go out to play basketball. Better to play in pain than say “I have a headache”, as that just invites bullying because kids just don’t understand what they have not experienced.

Growing up didn’t make things any easier as Migraines became more aggressive as I entered puberty. However, I learned tricks to cope socially. In a Washington, DC suburb high school I had some great friends, only a few knew I had sick headaches (as they where often called ‘back in the day’). The pain was horrible, the flickering Florissant lights in the classrooms felt like I was being hit on the head with each flutter. No one else understood, so many teachers opened the blinds on sunny days, and within 15 minutes, the glaring sunlight would beckon the Migraine’s aura, as it would come dancing into my line of sight. Never painful the aura, but it was like Alice’s Cheshirecat, as it loved taunting me, letting me know I was not going to make it through the class.

The nausea would come next. That sick feeling in your gut wanted to make me vomit, but not in front of my classmates. The pounding would start, like being hit by a baseball bat every 30 or 40 seconds. It was amazing that I passed my classes! The pain would get so bad that I would grab a clump of my hair and pull as hard as I could to distract myself from the pain. I felt like I was going to rip a patch of scalp from my head, but luckily for me I still have all my hair. I would suffer wave after wave of nausea, and I felt as if I could just vomit, I would feel so much better. But never in the classroom in front of the healthy kids, no never that.

Never that because sick people are weak in the eyes of a high school child, and weakness makes you a target of abuse.Luckily for me it was the 70’s and illegal drugs where cool, so I would make a B-line to the boys room when the bell rang. I looked like I had been up all night, in a cold sweat, and would kick the door open and head right for a toilet.

Often the pain was so bad I would be shaking, and in the spirit of Ragan in the Exorcist spew projectile vomit across the bathroom floor. Not a pretty sight. Others would walk in behind me and as I sat on the floor throwing up into a toilet I could often here my peers comment, “Hey, Coleman’s so wasted, he’s cool man!” Like I said, lucky for me, it was the 70’s, so I was “in” and never did I let them know I was really severely ill. After severe vomiting, I feel a bit better, at least for a short while, until about half way through my next class the fun would begin again.

I had many friends back then that never had experienced head-pain of any type, and I still know many people like that today, that never understand suffering. Or oddly enough, never even figure out I am in violent pain so often. It’s amazing me as an adult today to know so many good and decent people who don’t have a clue what person in pain deals with.

As an adult, the pain and suffering I have lived though is freighting, and what is more freighting is knowing that there are millions of others who face this and lose millions of days, weeks, and even years of their lives to Migraine disease. It is only through good disease education, good treatment, proper treatment, and fighting to reclaim my life back that I feel alive today. It amazes me that I still marvel at those dramatic summer thunderclouds with all their beauty, knowing that the barometric pressure change they bring with them may make me horribly ill. But at least know there are things I can do to fight back. Migraines.org – official website MAGNUM

If you are a young person visiting this site, his childhood experiences may sound familiar to you. We hope you feel better knowing that you are not alone. However, if you are not getting medical care now, please make sure you sit down with your parents and ask for help. You don’t have to try to ‘live with’ this horrible disease.

MAGNUM on MigreLief: “M.A.G.N.U.M has personally met with the makers of MigreLief® and asked to review their product research and approach prior to making this available to the Migraine community. It is effective for many migraine sufferers, and is being used by top headache clinics and doctors around the country.“ –National Migraine Association

Migraine Headache Relief Option For Kids: If you are a parent of a child who suffers migraines; classic, chronic, episodic, abdominal, basilar, acephalgic, hemiplegic, or any type whatsoever, consider MigreLief, or Children’s MigreLief (same original formula with pill sizes and doses reduced for ages 2 – 12). MigreLief’s triple therapy ingredients (Magnesium, Riboflavin (B-2) and Puracol Feverfew, a proprietary from of the herb Feverfew, have all been proven to prevent, or reduce the frequency and severity of migraines.

Delilah Radio – MigreLief… Not Just Another Pill for Migraine Pain!

MigreLief’s national campaign to reach the 37 million men, women and children throughout the U.S. who suffer chronic migraines has hit the airwaves with radio spots playing to highly attuned audiences of popular shows such as Delilah, Race Taylor, Helen Little Dan Justin, and Rich Kiminski. The goal is to reach as many migraine sufferers as possible with their drug-free nutritional alternative.

More and more migraine sufferers as well as healthcare professionals understand the importance of maintaining normal cerebrovascular tone and function when it comes to fighting migraines. As researchers continue to discover the more migraines you have the more suseptible you become to future migraines, migraine sufferers are turning to prevention.

Magnesium, riboflavin and feverfew are all listed in The American Academy of Neurology’s Guidelines for Migraine Prevention. “MigreLief Triple Therapy with Puracol.™” MigreLief provides nutritional support for migraine sufferers and addresses the underlying nutritional deficiencies and imbalances that many migraineurs have in common.

Drug Free – Alternative for Adults and Children with Migraines

*Effective nutritional option for chronic migraine control
*Safe for men, women and children over 2 years of age
*No harmful side-effects
*May combine with Akeso’s fast-acting “as-needed” migraine formula, MigreLief-NOW
*Formulated to maintain the already normal cerebrovascular function one has on migraine free days
*Recommended by neurologists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals worldwide
*Taken daily like a vitamin

Migraine Treatment Forecast: According to a recent report by Decision Resources a marketing research group that offers information and insights on sectors of the healthcare industry, the Market for migraine therapies is estimated to double in the next eight years going from 3.3 billion to 5.8 billion by 2021. They reported that no new prophylactic options are projected to be available through 2021.

Nutritional OTCs BECOMING THE NORM
The market research firm Kline expects that OTC “natural product” sales will eclipse $750 million by 2016. 45% of consumers consider natural OTCs effective, and more than 40% believe that natural OTCs may be safer or have fewer side effects than traditional OTCs.

LOCATED IN PHARMACIES NATIONWIDE

Both Original Formula and MigreLief+M, a nutritional supplement for women who suffer hormonal or menstrual migraines, are available in stores and pharmacies nationwide. It can be found on the shelf near the temporary headache pain relievers, thus giving migraine sufferers who are perusing retail shelves for relief, a great preventive drug-free option.

UPDATE: MigreLief can now be found in select stores and pharmacies across the USA. Use our MigreLief Store Locator to find out where to buy MigreLief.
Plus, discover fast-acting MigreLief-NOW!

“MigreLief has been highly effective in my practice of patients with difficult migraine headaches.” – Dennis D., M.D., Advanced Neurology Specialists, Great Falls, MT.

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Feb. 2013: My now 14 year old has been using Migrelief for 2 years. She used to have migraines at least 6x per month. Best thing that ever happened for our family is finding Migrelief! ~ Brenda G.

Jan 2013: “I’m a nurse practitioner and I recommend MigreLief every day.” ~ NP, National Children’s Medical Center, DC

If you, a friend or loved one suffers migraines, recommend MigreLief Daily Maintenance and “As-Needed” Migraine Supplements.

Children with Migraines Do Not Have Many Options for Migraine Relief

Children with Migraines Do Not Have Many Options When it Comes to Migraine Relief ~Reuters Health

The article below from Reuters Health is another example of good reasons why parents with adolescent children or children as young as 2 years old, suffering migraines, should use pediatrician recommended MigreLief or Children’s MigreLief.

(Reuters Health) February 4, 2013 – A drug-free placebo pill prevents migraines in kids and teens just as well as most headache medicines, according to a new review of past evidence. Researchers found only two drugs known to help migraine-plagued adults reduced the frequency of kids’ headaches better than a placebo. And even in those cases, the effect was small – a difference of less than one headache per month compared to the dummy pills.

“Parents should be aware that our medication choices aren’t as good as they should be,” said Dr. Jennifer Bickel, a neurologist and headache specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri. Bickel, who wasn’t involved in the new research, said no drugs have been rigorously tested and approved for preventing migraines in kids, so doctors have to rely on headache drugs made for adults. Those medicines, she added, are “not a miracle cure.” For cases when medication may not be enough, Bickel told Reuters Health, parents may want to look into relaxation techniques – such as meditation – for kids with chronic headaches.

According to data from the Cleveland Clinic, about 2 percent of young children and 7 to 10 percent of older kids and teenagers up to age 15 get migraines. In their review, Dr. Jeffrey Jackson from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and his colleagues looked at 21 trials comparing headache drugs to each other or to placebos. They found only topiramate (marketed as Topamax) and trazodone (Oleptro and Desyrel) significantly reduced the frequency of headaches in kids and teens who got regular migraines.

Other adult headache prevention medicines, including flunarizine, propranolol and valproate, were of no help. “All the drugs in our analysis have been found effective in adults with migraine headaches, but few were beneficial among children,” Jackson’s team wrote. “This suggests there may be something different about pediatric migraines or that the response to treatment differs between children and adults.” Bickel said there is the least research on the one percent of kids who are most severely affected by migraines – those with chronic daily headaches. For those youth, “we don’t have any evidence to suggest that the medications are enough,” she added.

POWER OF PLACEBO? In the new analysis, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, placebo pills alone led to a drop in kids’ headache frequency from between five and six headaches per month to three per month. That may have to do with the effect of seeing a doctor and being reassured the pain isn’t due to anything serious, Bickel said. According to a report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published in the same journal issue, two drugs – almotriptan malate (Axert) and rizatriptan benzoate (Maxalt) – are approved to treat (but not prevent) headaches in kids and teens.

In a review of evidence provided to the FDA, Dr. William Rodriguez and his colleagues also found kids tended to get better after treatment with a placebo more often than adults – possibly related to their headaches lasting less time anyway. For kids who get headaches once a week or less, Bickel said the pain can be treated with over the counter painkillers, or even just waited out in a quiet place.

SOURCE: bit.ly/PogxGc JAMA Pediatrics, online January 28, 2013

IF YOU KNOW OF A CHILD AGE 2 OR OLDER – TELL THEM ABOUT CHILDREN’S MIGRELIEF

Over 20% of Migraine Sufferers are Taking Drugs They Shouldn’t Be!

Triptan drugs like Imitrex, Maxalt, Relpax, Zomig, Amerge, Axert, Frova and Treximate are used to try to reduce or stop the pain of an on-going migraine.

The way these drugs work is to narrow blood vessels that have become over dilated due to the migraine.

A study done in late 2011 reviewed the drugs being taken by over 120,000 migraine sufferers. It found that over 1 in 5 migraine sufferers who had been prescribed Triptan drugs, had heart conditions for which these drugs were prohibited and possibly dangerous.

The Triptans not only narrow blood vessels in the brain, but in the heart as well and this narrowing of heart arteries is contraindicated in people with heart conditions.

For those of you who suffer from chronic migraines, prevention is the best option.

To learn about how to keep and maintain the already normal cerebrovascular function you have on your migraine-free days, please go to www.migrelief.com

To the Best of Health,

Curt Hendrix, M.S., C.C.N., C.N.S.

Migraine Drug Sales to Double Over Next 8 Years

Migraine Drug Sales are Expected to Almost Double Over the Next 8 Years. One Must Ask Oneself Why?

Remember When a Billion Dollars Used to Be a Lot of Money? Well It’s Not Enough for the Pharmaceutical Companies. Migraine Drug Sales are Expected to Almost Double Over the Next 8 Years. One Must Ask Oneself Why?

One of the world’s leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, Decision Resources, recently reported that the market for migraine therapies will increase tremendously in the next 8 years. If all of these pharmaceutical drugs advertise how effectively they put an end to migraine pain, then why are their sales projected to almost double over the next 8 years, going from 3.3 billion to 5.8 billion by 2021.

The population is not expected to come close to doubling in this time period, so does this mean that there will be twice as many people who have migraines? Could this mean that these drugs are actually causing more migraines in the people who use them? The answer is YES!

The concept of “MOH” (medication-overuse-headaches) is well-known and written about by dozens of neurologists and headache/migraine experts in published medical journals. It basically states that using both prescription and over-the-counter drugs too often to treat migraine pain actually results in an increased number of new migraines. These additional new migraines caused by over use of these drugs are also referred to as rebound headaches.

A recent article which reported this projected increase in migraine drug sales also stated that “the largest unmet need for migraine sufferers was in the use of prophylactic options (products that prevent the migraines from occurring rather than just taking something to try to reduce the pain after a migraine has already started).

The article went on to state that no new prophylactic options are projected to be available before 2021. Fortunately, one of the best, safest, effective, non-drug options to maintaining the normal cerebrovascular function that you have on your migraine-free days, is available right now at CVS stores throughout the U.S. as wells as on CVS.com and MigreLief.com

IF YOU SUFFER CHRONIC MIGRAINES – MIGRELIEF WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Curt Hendrix, M.S., C.C.N., C.N.S.

MigreLief is Covered by Flexible Spending Plans (Pre-Tax Dollars)

As the end of the year approaches and employees enrolled in Section 125 FLEX PAY PLANS calculate the dollars left in their flexible spending account (FSA) or healthcare spending accounts (HSA) due to the “Use it or lose it” policy, it is a good time to remember that MigreLief is considered an OTC (over the counter) item that qualifies for reimbursement under your flex-pay plan.

Pursuant to Revenue Ruling 2003-102, over-the-counter drugs that are used to alleviate or treat personal injuries or sickness are now reimbursable through health care flexible spending accounts. Employees’ flex pay pretax contributions are not subject to federal, state, or social security taxes. In general, individuals must use funds from a flexible spending account for medical care. Medical care is for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, OR for the purpose of affecting a structure or function of the body (section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code).

Flexible Spending Accounts

Per the IRS – Eligible expenses include, “Dietary supplements or herbal medicines to treat medical conditions in narrow circumstances.”

MigreLief qualifies however, as of 2011 qualifying OTC items require a note from your doctor.

Many MigreLief users have been prescribed MigreLief by a neurologist, general practitioner or other healthcare professional for medical purposes. If you use MigreLief for managing your migraines, approach your healthcare practitioner for a prescription to be placed on file with your flex-pay plan administrator so you can purchase it monthly with your pretax dollars.

Studies have shown that employees on average lose approximately $100 annually in forfeited balances within their employee health care flex spending accounts because any money remaining in your flexible spending account on Dec 31 disappears and is retained by your employer.

If you have money in your flex-pay account at year end, stock up on MigreLief or other items from the list below to avoid losing those dollars.

Many other OTC items you may not have considered also qualify for reimbursement with a note from your doctor. The following is a list of common non-prescription over-the-counter items the IRS has determined to be primarily for medical care and eligible for reimbursement, and dual purpose items that are reimbursable with a physician’s statement.

Note: This list does not include all reimbursable items but is the best guidance provided by the Internal Revenue Service to date.

ELIGIBLE EXPENSES

Allergy medicine

Antacids

Bactine

Band-Aids/bandages

Anti-diarrhea medicine

Bug-bite medication

Calamine lotion

Carpal-tunnel wrist supports

Cold medicines

Reading glasses

Cold/hot packs for injuries

Condoms

Contact lens cleaning solution

Cough drops

Spermicidal foam

Diaper rash ointments

First aid cream/First aid kits

Hemorrhoid medication

Incontinence supplies

Laxatives

Liquid adhesive for small cuts

Menstrual cycle products for pain/cramps

Motion sickness pills

Muscle or joint pain products

Nasal sinus sprays/strips

Nicotine gum/patches for stop-smoking

Pain relievers

Pedialyte for ill child dehydration

Pregnancy test kits

Rubbing alcohol

Sinus medications

Sleeping aids to treat insomnia

Sunburn ointments or creams

Thermometers (ear or mouth)

Throat lozenges

Visine and other eye products

Wart remover treatments

Dual purposes OTC items

The following list of dual-purpose over-the-counter items can be reimbursed if used for medical purposes. They must be accompanied by a medical practitioner’s note stating the item is to treat a specific medical condition and not a cosmetic procedure.

Acne treatment (Retin A) only to treat a specific medical condition such as acne vulgaris

Dietary supplements or herbal medicines to treat medical conditions in narrow circumstances

Fiber supplements under narrow circumstances

Glucosamine/chondroitin for arthritis or other medical conditions

Orthopedic shoes and inserts (only the cost difference between orthopedic and nonorthopedic shoes will be reimbursed)

Hormone therapy and treatment for menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats

Pills for lactose intolerance

Prenatal vitamins

St. John’s Wort for depression

Sunscreen

Weight-loss drugs to treat a specific disease including obesity

Medical expenses eligible for reimbursement under a Section 125 cafeteria plan

Acupuncture

Adoption related medical costs

Air conditioner filters for allergy relief (supplied by online Goodman furnace and AC)

Alcoholism treatment

Ambulance services

Attendant for blind or deaf student

Autoette

Birth control pills

Blind persons accessories (seeing eye dog, Braille training, special schooling)

Capital expenditures (home modifications for handicapped)

Car modifications for handicapped

Childbirth prep classes (mother only)

Chiropractors

Christian Science treatment

Contact lenses (including replacement insurance)

Cosmetic Surgery (non-elective only)

Crutches

Deaf persons accessories (hearing aids, special schooling)

Dental fees

Dentures

Diagnostic fees

Doctors’ fees

Domestic aid (in home nurse)

Drug addiction treatment

Dyslexia language training

Electrolysis (medical reasons only)

Elevator for cardiac conditions

Eye exams and glasses

Fertility enhancement

Fluoride device

Guide animals

Hair transplant (surgical and medical reasons)

Hearing aids

HMO’s

Hospital care (in-patient)

Indian medicine man

Insulin

Insurance premiums (medical post-tax only)

Iron lung

Lab fees

Laetrile (legal use)

Laser eye surgery

Lead paint removal

Learning disability (doctor recommended special schooling fees)

Legal expenses related to medical condition

Lifetime medical care prepaid-retirement home

Limbs (artificial)

Lodging (for medical care away from home)

Long Term Care Services (qualified medical only)

Meals (medical care away from home)

Medical conferences (relating to illness)

Nursing home (medical reasons)

Nursing services (home care)

Operation (legal, including abortion)

Organ Donor

Orthodontia

Orthopedic shoes

Osteopaths

Oxygen equipment

Prescription Drugs

Psychiatric care

Psychotherapists

Sexual dysfunction treatment

Sterilization

Stop Smoking Programs (and related stop smoking prescription drugs only)

Swimming pool (for polio or arthritis treatment)

Telephone equipment (for hearing impaired)

Television close caption prescribed by doctor

Vasectomy

Weight loss programs (doctor prescribed for medical reasons)

Wheelchair

Wigs (alleviation of physical or mental discomfort)

X-rays

Are you opted into your company’s Flex-Pay Plan?

If you have not opted in to your firm’s flex-pay plan, you may want to consider it during the next enrollment period. Many other items you use regularly may be covered and it is a good way to cut taxes. In many cases it is permitted to add or a portable air conditioner to the plan. Consult the portable air conditioner guide for all the details.

Though some flex pay plans offer an explicit choice of cash or benefits, most today are operated through a “salary redirection agreement”, which is a payroll deduction in all but name. Deductions under such agreements are often called pre-tax deductions because salary redirection contributions are not actually or constructively received by the participant. Therefore, those contributions are not generally considered wages for federal income tax purposes, nor are they usually subject to Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax (FICA) and Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).

So remember to save your receipt the next time you purchase MigreLief and submit it along with a note from your doctor for reimbursement.

~ The MigreLief Team

When Migraine Sufferers Get These Factors Under Control, The Results Can Be Life Changing

We receive correspondence on a daily basis from migraine sufferers asking about their migraines and whether or not MigreLief will work for them.

Many things can happen physiologically that can contribute to migraines occurring.

Platelets in your blood can clump together (aggregate) more than they should and this causes a neurotransmitter called serotonin to over release in the area the clumping occurs. Unfortunately, serotonin can cause blood vessels around the scalp and brain to constrict too much. When this happens, in migraineurs the body’s attempt to open the “constricted” blood vessel can result in the blood vessel over-dilating (opening too much). When this happens, these blood vessels can irritate nerves and contribute to the excruciating pain associated with migraines.

Blood vessels, when all it not right with them, can also spasm. This spasming can also contribute to pain and improper cerebrovascular function (function of the blood vessels serving the brain). Migraineurs are very susceptible to this.

Migraineurs (unlike non-migraineurs) have been shown to have very low energy reserves in the energy producing mitochondria of their brain cells prior to getting a migraine. This energy deficiency may make migraine sufferers more susceptible to migraines than people who have normal mitochondrial energy reserves.

When chronic migraine sufferers get these factors under control:

Maintain normal platelet aggregation
Reduce or eliminate vasospasms
Maintain normal mitochondrial energy reserves

The beneficial results can be life altering. This is why MigreLief has been recommended by leading headache specialists and top headache clinics:

Top headache clinics that have recommended MigreLief

If you know someone over the age of two still struggling with debilitating migraines, tell them about MigreLief…and you will change their life.

Below are just a few of the hundreds of heart warming stories and letters of gratitude we receive each year from migraineurs after regaining quality of life with MigreLief:

~ My son has suffered from migraines since the age of 7. His migraines have always been complicated causing him to vomit, have light and noise sensitivity, and be in a dark room until the pain is manageable. His Dr. Neurologist is affiliated with Swedish hospital in Seattle and asked if we would like to add MIGRELIEF as an additional treatment to the daily preventive medication. Our son takes one MigreLief tablet daily and has been able to discontinue the weekly acupuncture and chiropractic therapies giving him his life back. We are ecstatic. He is able to stay over with friends, play baseball, basketball, and skateboard again.– Heidi

~ I am a nurse practitioner and have had migraine headaches with uncontrollable vomiting since my teenage years. They have gotten progressively worse as I have gotten older. I have had head CT scans, MRIs, MRAs, been to neurologists, and made numerous emergency room visits for injections of narcotics and antiemetics. I have tried several drugs with horrible side effects. Several preventative medications have had severe side effects as well. I found your MIGRELIEF. It has made a great difference in my life, and I appreciate your product tremendously. I have recommended it to my patients also.— Lynn R.

~ MigreLief was recommended to me by my neurologist, Dr. Laszlo Mechtler. His entire staff stands by it. When I told him I was only taking magnesium supplements, he said it wasn’t enough, he said the combination in Migrelief was the best he’s found. Thank you! Heather W.

~ I have suffered with migraines for over 20 years. In the last year I was getting them almost every day. I was on Topamax which made me feel like my brain was dying. I did some of my own research and that’s when I started on Magnesium and Feverfew. I then got the book about migraines and they told me to add B2. I came across MigreLief and Wow. I might have 3 headaches a month, no longer everyday.

~ Before my wife discovered your product I was taking her to the emergency hospital 4-5 times a week for her migraine headaches. The hospital would end up giving her 2 shots of Demerol for the pain. Since she has been taking your product she hasn’t had any more headaches! She has been taking MigreLief for 6 or 7 years now. Thank you for a wonderful product.— Bruce B.

~ Prior to starting MigreLief well over 3 yrs. ago, I would get migraines up to 6 times a month and had since age 14. That was 50 years of suffering. When I began taking MigreLief my migraines reduced to only 1-2 a month and I had changed nothing else. My migraines did not lessen during pregnancies, menopause or during hormone replacement therapy. They come when things seem fine and don’t come when stressed or ill. I think of all those years when no one could figure out why I was getting migraines, (other than my father had hem his whole life) and it turns out I surely was deficient in magnesium and likely in vitamin B. I cannot drive a car or go to work when I have a migraine. I have recommended MigreLief in the past and will continue to do so in the future. I have shown people the empty bottle to help them recognize and locate this product. And what I like is that there is no foul odor from the tablets, they are tasteless and they don’t repeat on me like many vitamins do.

~ As a migraine sufferer for over 30 years, my neurologist recommended Migrelief. After I tried it, I went from 15-20 migraines a year, to 2 or 3 a year. I buy a 3 months supply and when I get near the end of the last bottle, I reorder. I could never be without them again. Anyone who has ever suffered with migraine headaches, knows that the pain is torture. I am so grateful that I found “Migrelief”

~ I have had migraines since I was 16 years old. My Headache Specialist, Dr. Ready (the best) recommended your product about a year ago, and it has been a God send! MigreLief has reduced my headaches by at least half. When I don’t take it– like if I run out, I am MISERABLE (like right now). I have tried taking the vitamins separately– doesn’t work. MigreLief is the way to go. I still take a couple of scrips, but in 20 years I have never had the success that I am having now with your product!

~ My husband has suffered from chronic headache and migraines weekly since he was 18. Trying anything and everything we could think of he has eliminated smoking, alcohol, dairy and caffeine, tried regulating sleep and eating patterns, tried a bite splint, acupuncture and taken drugs such as Topamax, Zomig, Zonisamide, Imitrex, and Maxalt. He has seen Neurologists, Chiropractors and Acupuncturists. Thinking that it might be the root cause he has had Septoplasty, turbinate reduction and a cervical fusion. Nothing worked. At Christmas time, he had 2 migraines that were worse than usual. He started more research and found MigreLief. Within a week his headaches were actually gone.We held our breaths and it is now mid-May and he is doing beautifully. He would tell you it has changed his life. He no longer lives his life surrounded by pain. He’s had a few headaches but nothing Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen can’t take care of. Now if you could just find a cure for Tinnitus (ringing in his ears.) You have made a HUGE difference in our family’s life. Thank you! Tim and his family – Fishers, Indiana

Each story we receive and every letter of heartfelt gratitude reinforces our mission to help migraine sufferers in all corners of the world regain quality of life. If you are a chronic migraine sufferer, consider MigreLief as a safe nutritional option to side-effect prone medications and a life time of suffering.

To the Best of Health,

The MigreLief Team