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Letter: Beating migraine

Published 18 March 2015

From A

As a long-standing migraine sufferer, I was very interested in Helen Phillips’s article, but she did not mention a cure that works for me and others.

I had been suffering from what she labels a silent migraine. Once a week or so I would experience a blind spot followed by wiggly flashing lines in my vision, which disappeared within an hour, and with no apparent after-effects. My daughter’s circle of friends recommended taking magnesium tablets. Since taking them once or twice a week, I have had no further migraines. I hope this idea might help a few others.
St Nicholas at Wade, Kent, UK

. R. Tapp

Issue no. 3013 published 21 March 2015

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