Rhonda Patrick· PhD
400–600 mg per day of oral magnesium reduces migraine frequency and intensity vs placebo in randomized trials.
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400–600 mg per day of oral magnesium reduces migraine frequency and intensity vs placebo in randomized trials.
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so there's results of R randomized control trials that we're going to discuss there were five randomized control trials that indicate that magnesium supplementation can effectively reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine relapses