For children over the age of 13 or over one hundred pounds in weight, we suggest starting one caplet per day of MigreLief and if well tolerated increase to 2 caplets per day………If your 2-11 year old child is taking 1 caplet twice a day of childrens formula and has not seen any benefit by day 60, increase the dosing to 2 caplets in the AM and 1 in the PM and confirm that this does not cause diarrhea. If diarrhea does occur due to the extra magnesium, it should resolve in no more than 2-3 days. If it does not then finish the 90 day period taking 1 caplet twice a day of Children’s Migrelief
If your child easily tolerates the addition of the one extra AM pill, then try adding an extra PM caplet as well and monitor benefits achieved by day 90. If you notice real improvement in your child, then continue at this daily dose.
At this point if your child is taking 2 Childrens AM caplets and 2 PM caplets per day, upon your next order you can switch to Original MigreLief as long as your child can swallow the larger caplet.
There are no specific side-effects associated with the ingredients in Children’s MigreLief and childhood use. But with that said, both dietary supplements and medicines can cause gastrointestinal upset in susceptible users.
Also though the dosage of magnesium in Children’s MigreLief is lowered to reflect the needs of children, in sensitive users magnesium can cause transient diarrhea, which should resolve in 1-3 days. This is why we suggest you start with just one Children’s Migrelief for the first few days and then increase the dosage to two caplets per day.
If your child is tolerating the 2 caplets per day that are recommended and results are not optimal, you can add a 3rd caplet for children up to 8 years old and even a 4th caplet for children 9 years old and above, as long as you don’t notice any gastrointestinal complaints or diarrhea that lasts for more than 2-3 days.
As with all dietary supplements, we suggest that you let you child’s pediatrician know that your child is taking Children’s MigreLief.
If improvement is observed we suggest continuing at the same dosing for as long as the child is still having some migraines, even if they are less frequent and gentler.
If on the other hand the migraines stop completely for a period of at least 3 months, it may be informative to stop the Children’s MigreLief to see if perhaps the child has outgrown his or her migraines and no longer needs the nutritional support that the Children’s MigreLief provides. Children’s MigreLief can be restarted if necessary.
We strongly recommend that you wait for 90 days to determine if Children’s MigreLief has helped your child. It takes that long for the ingredients to build up optimal levels in the body.
Migraines tend to be on one side of the head and throb. If there is any kind of visual disturbance or speech dysfunction associated with the headache, it is likely to be a migraine. A diagnosis from a pediatric neurologist would help to confirm a diagnosis of migraines.