Headache prevention with complementary and alternative medicine: HEADACHE toolbox

Abstract

As none of the herbal treatments above have been tested in pregnancy, it is best for pregnant women to avoid all but magnesium. No firm consensus exists as to the relative effectiveness CAM agents, but given the number of patients studied and data available, I tentatively suggest the rank order may be: Petadolex ≥ Magnesium > Feverfew (if MIG-99 forms become commercially available) > Riboflavin > CoenzymeQ10 ≫ Melatonin.