My neurologist suggested trying feverfew in a small amount if I start feeling a bad migraine coming on. He said to try to get the leaves but I couldn’t find them in the store. My husband brought homw feverfew extract, it’s a liquid. It says it’s 72% grain alcohol though and only 1 part feverfew to 5 parts whatever else is in it. That doesn’t sound very potent to me.
Was wondering if anyone had tried feverfew and knew a place to get the leaves. He said to use a small amount in tea and see if that worked to abort an attack.
I don’t have much hope, but I did have some result with the B2 so I’m going to add in the magnesium and give that a shot if I can and then try the feverfew too.
I went to see Dr. Hain last week, and he was rather positive on Feverfew, although neutral about other supplements/vitamins such as Butterbur, CoQ10 and Vitamin B2. If I remember correctly, he noted that Feverfew acts in a way that is similar to Frovatriptan, another one of his favorites. He cautioned that I should definitely take something with extract of Feverfew, and not simply some crushed Feverfew leaves stuffed in a capsule, as the latter could be unpredictable. I think most of the branded Feverfew supplements on the market are indeed a standardized extract.
Separately, a doctor at the Diamond Headache Clinic was quite positive about CoQ10, Vitamin B2 and Magnesium. I told him that I was taking only 200 mg daily of B2, and he advised to up it to 400 mg per day. Accordingly, I now take 150 mg CoQ10 and 200 mg B2 in the morning, and repeat the dosage of both supplements in the mid-afternoon. I take the Magnesium before going to bed.
I am feeling a lot better lately, but who knows whether one of my drugs or supplements have kicked in, or this evil thing is simply burning itself out!
