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I take it as well with good results.  The best price I found is at Sam’s club, or www.swansonvitamins.com. I’d be concerned too without pain killers.  I don’t use them much anymore, but they are like a security blanket.  You have the ER as backup, but still. An MRI is good advice, but I’m not sure about the rest. Erik – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Has anyone here been on coenzyme Q10??  My neuro is telling me to go on it (300mg /day) and has removed me from EVERYTHING else till I get a MRI.  No more immitrix, zomig, morphine, tylenol 4, etc. help!!!!

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Has anyone here been on coenzyme Q10??  My neuro is telling me to go on it (300mg /day) and has removed me from EVERYTHING else till I get a MRI.  No more immitrix, zomig, morphine, tylenol 4, etc. help!!!!

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I took it for a while.  It helped prevent the headaches imbetween the migraines, but didn’t do anything for the migraines themselves.  I was taking a low dose (100 mg) so hopefully your dose will be more effective. Hope you get the MRI quickly! Sal

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Thanks, Alicia! That info should be helpful to folks. Unfortunately, we don’t have a Trader Joe’s. The best prices I’ve found here are the prices when I hit Vitamin World’s sales they have at the first of every month, when everything in the store is 30-40% off. They have 50mg softgels, but taking three of them daily costs more than taking one 200mg softgel. When my neuro first suggested it to me, I took a 100mg and a 50mg softgel to get the recommended 150mg dose, but that was more expensive, too. Before I switched to 200mg daily, I checked with my neuro. By then, we knew it definitely helps me, and he had no problem with 200mg. Have you used it? Is it working for you? Teri

| | The study conducted with it as a Migraine preventive | used 150mg/day, but I’m taking 200 because my local | Vitamin World store stocks 200mg, but not 150mg. | | If you have a Trader Joe’s in your area (www.traderjoes.com), they sell it in | 50mg capsules. | | | Alicia

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The study conducted with it as a Migraine preventive used 150mg/day, but I’m taking 200 because my local Vitamin World store stocks 200mg, but not 150mg.

If you have a Trader Joe’s in your area (www.traderjoes.com), they sell it in 50mg capsules. Alicia

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I’ve been taking it for quite some time now. After my neuro had me add it, we watched my Migraine diary, and after a couple of months, could see that it had reduced the frequency of my Migraines. The study conducted with it as a Migraine preventive used 150mg/day, but I’m taking 200 because my local Vitamin World store stocks 200mg, but not 150mg. Here’s some info for you: Coenzyme Q10 as a Migraine Preventive In a recent trial of coenzyme Q10, 61.3% of the patients treated had a greater than 50% reduction in number of days with Migraine. Less than 1% reported any side effects. http://headaches.about.com/library/weekly/aa-coenzymeq10.htm Good luck, Teri Robert, Ph.D. Migraineur * Journalist/Patient Advocate www.headaches.about.com * MAGNUM Support Advisor www.migraines.org

| Has anyone here been on coenzyme Q10??  My neuro is telling me to go on it | (300mg /day) and has removed me from EVERYTHING else till I get a MRI.  No | more immitrix, zomig, morphine, tylenol 4, etc. | | help!!!! | |

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Has anyone here been on coenzyme Q10??  My neuro is telling me to go on it (300mg /day) and has removed me from EVERYTHING else till I get a MRI.  No more immitrix, zomig, morphine, tylenol 4, etc. help!!!!

I started taking it about three months ago with good results but I do seem to have a reaction to it.  It makes me very dizzy if I combine it with any other otc headache meds — aspirin, tylenol, etc., and especially dizzy if I combine it with any prescription stuff.  I can’t tolerate more than 90 mg per day without dizziness.  Also, it lowered my blood pressure substantially (which was already low) and I think that might have caused the dizziness.  I am on a mild beta blocker for the headaches and really didn’t need for the bp to go lower. I would say that it has reduced the frequency of my migraines by about half, but I recently cut back the dose due to the other issues. Also, although I take it daily, I don’t take it on days when I actually have a migraine so I can take painkillers without dizziness. Alex

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I’ve had good luck with it – seems to cut my HAs about in half. I only take 150mg. But I don’t know how well it will work if you’re anxious about what you’ll do without meds. I seem to get flurries of migraine under stress (airplane travel, time zone differences) anyway. When’s the MRI? –Julianne

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Marcus, My neuro said that it probably did not matter, but I would guess that a more balanced amount would probably be better, although maybe taking it all at night may be helpful, since the migraine "process" usually begins right after waking up. Thanks, Mike — To reply via email remove the (SPAM_BLOCKER) from my email address:

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Mike — The 400-mg. Vit. B2 regimen that you mention was suggested to me by a neuro a year or so ago. But he told me to take 100 mg. 4 times a day. Do you know whether a single daily 400-mg. dose works? Thanks, Marcus

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Mike — The 400-mg. Vit. B2 regimen that you mention was suggested to me by a neuro a year or so ago. But he told me to take 100 mg. 4 times a day. Do you know whether a single daily 400-mg. dose works? Thanks, Marcus

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Very interesting that you brought this up.  Coenzyme q10 is a therapy used for people with mitochondrial and metabolic disorders, and since mitochonrial or metabolic function are closely linked with migraine, it makes sense that this would help people.  People who benefit from this may also benefit from the 400mg/day vitamin B2 regimen, since this also stabilizes brian mitochondria. Thanks, Mike — To reply via email remove the (SPAM_BLOCKER) from my email address:

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Has anyone tried coenzyme q10 (150 mg./day) for migraine relief?  What sort of results/side effects came up? LP

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I get it in a lotion form at the health food store and use it on my face. It is supposed to help mitigate the aging process of the skin.  :) I know, I know, how shallow.  Never thought about it for migraine. ecansa – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Has anyone tried coenzyme q10 (150 mg./day) for migraine relief?  What sort of results/side effects came up? LP

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A sudden and specific lightening of my wallet.  That’s all.

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What an interesting thread, and one that relates to a recent discussion about whether taking Lipitor or other statins [for high cholesterol] can increase migraines. I take Lipitor, and have for a number of years now, ever since my cholesterol could no longer be controlled by diet.  But I also have been taking CoEnzyme Q10, 100 mg. daily, to help protect against heart disease. I wonder if the CoQ10 has been canceling out adverse migraine effects of the Lipitor. I think I’m going to try increasing my CoQ10, and see if the number of my migraines decrease.  Hmmm. Thanks, all. Marcus in Vermont

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Has anyone tried coenzyme q10 (150 mg./day) for migraine relief?  What sort of results/side effects came up? LP

Two of my patients tried it with striking reduction in headaches.  That’s not a controlled trial, but I’m impressed enough to suggest others try it.

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Has anyone tried coenzyme q10 (150 mg./day) for migraine relief?  What sort of results/side effects came up? LP

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There was, recently, a study in Cephalalgia(the international journal of headache) on Co Q 10, for migraine prevention, that was positive…I think I put it on my site..Lawrence Robbins M.D. www.headachedrugs.com

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Hmm.  There’s a thought.  I’m taking 100 mg currently–50 in the morning 50 in evening.  Was thinking of upping it to 150 (as in the migraine study on coe Q10) so might do 50 in the morning and 100 at night since 90% of my migraines I discover upon waking. Wildflower

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Marcus, My neuro said that it probably did not matter, but I would guess that a more balanced amount would probably be better, although maybe taking it all at night may be helpful, since the migraine "process" usually begins right after waking up. Thanks, Mike — To reply via email remove the (SPAM_BLOCKER) from my email address: Mike — The 400-mg. Vit. B2 regimen that you mention was suggested to me by a neuro a year or so ago. But he told me to take 100 mg. 4 times a day. Do you know whether a single daily 400-mg. dose works? Thanks, Marcus

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Everyone knows there is some type of synergy between ubiquinone and tocopherol? It seems tocopherol supplementation boosts the Coenzyme Q10. So would it be logical to think if one were deficient in tocopherol it might lead to a deficiency in Q10 ..? As in this article .. they conclude now .. " to see if dietary iron ALSO goes to the joints .." This is one of their BIG .. ooops’ .. that we may not hear alot about .. ? deterioration By Diana Swift WWASHINGTON, D.C. – The iron supplements that many arthritic children take to combat concomitant anemia may be hastening the deterioration of their joints, Houston researchers say. Led by biologist Roman Shypailo of the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre at Baylor College of Medicine, a Texas team looked at eight children being treated for juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The patients, aged five to 15 years, received an intravenous radioactive tracer dose of iron (0.03 microsievert). Iron activity in affected joints was monitored on a position/energy-sensitive gamma counter, while a second machine monitored whole-body iron retention. Iron deposition was measured two hours post-infusion and again at days seven, 14, 28 and 56. Anemic "We found that iron excessively accumulates in arthritic joints and probably contributes to the chronic damage," said Shypailo. "That puts you between a rock and a hard place because many of these arthritic kids are anemic and need iron supplements, which may worsen the disease." The study found a high level of agreement between the joint data and the whole-body data, with a greater than 90% retention rate of the infused iron both in joints and systemically. Furthermore, six of eight patients showed increased uptake at the affected joints: 165% over the first 30 days compared with initial uptake at two hours. The next step, he says, is to see if there is excessive deposition of dietary iron in arthritic joints. —— In people with ‘iron on board’ the ‘anemia’ is treated much better with a supplement of vitamin C .. a high supplement .. It shouldn’t be .. " how are we going to hush this up ..?" .. but .. " let’s move quickly on this …" If they SHOW definitively that man IS a herbivore / frugivore .. then there will be alot of money lost .. ? So only by watching a dedeucing yourself are you going to ’see’ the studies that CLEARLY show iron from meat builds slowly but surely and surpasses the bodies ability to control it .. and since it is part and parcel of the immune system itself .. this elevation destroys the immune system .. Easy once you see the iron is the bullet. Who loves ya. Tom Who loves ya. Tom Jesus was a vegetarian! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman Moses was a mystic! http://www.nucleus.com/watchman/light.html

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Does the ribo help anyone to prevent migraines??

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’ve only recently begun taking 400 mg/day, so it’s too soon to tell. My neuro has several patients for whom it has made a difference. Teri Does the ribo help anyone to prevent migraines?? i tried…..broke out in hives. jamie

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